On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 17:40 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Still correct :-) If it doesn't work for root, who then is it going to > > work for? > > Very often, "anyone else". > > Many applications assume that they will be run by normal users. Some I'm > aware of include: > * NFS by default (without the no_root_squash option) gives root very > little permission to do anything; > > * xscreensaver won't lock the screen when run as root > http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#root-lock ; > > * postfix won't deliver e-mail to root users (it expects to forward it > to a normal user account); > > Many programs will change their behaviour if they find that they are > running with root privileges. > > If you want to have the intended user experience, log in as a real > user... ---- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink it is the adage. Craig
