[ubuntu-art] Make being root more obvious (scary)

Cory K. coryisatm at ubuntu.com
Wed Mar 4 17:25:21 GMT 2009


Who wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Ryan Prior <ryanprior at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Who <mailforwho at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Here is a screenshot to demonstrate what I'm talking about... Nothing
>>> says 'beware' like red folder icons, right?
>>> In that screenshot you can also see the way red bar in Thunar.
>>>
>>> What do people think - worth pursuing?
>>>       
>> I definitely think that it is. Have you written a blueprint for this?
>> Otherwise, that is where we should start. Once the blueprint is done, we can
>> milestone it for Karmic, solicit opinions (especially from people on Planet
>> Ubuntu who can share thoughts with their readership) and get 'er done.
>>     
>
> Here is a blueprint
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-drupal/+spec/warning-themes-under-sudo
>
> Does anyone have ideas on who to assign it to, etc?
>   

Ok. I poked around and /root is treated pretty much like a users dir.
"Untouchable". So we would need a plan "B".


-Cory K.




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