Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

Charlie Kravetz cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
Mon Feb 2 23:30:54 UTC 2009


On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:20:53 -0800
Lou Katz <ubuntu at metron.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:49:31PM +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 12:24 -0800, Lou Katz wrote:
> > > I don't think this works if you are not running gnome. I am using
> > > xfce.
> > 
> > Might be, but does xfce not have a "switch user" option among the
> > logout options?
> > 
> 
> Yes, and when you click on it, you get (Ta Da!)
> 
> "GDM (GNOME Display Manager) is not running
> You might be using a different display manager, such as KDM (KDE
> Display Manager), CDE login (dtlogin), or xdm. If you wish to use
> this feature, then your system will need to be configured to use GDM
> instead."
> 
> and a single button (OK) which cancels the operation.
> 

And the bug report is bug ??????


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