can't run gnome as root - addition

[Lentes, Bernd]

Colin wrote:
>
> On 2 October 2012 10:14, Lentes, Bernd
> <bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:
> >
> > Thom wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Lentes, Bernd
> >> <bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:
> >> > Luan wrote:
> >> >> On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 17:28 +0200, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sorry, i forgot: i'm running LTS 64bit.
> >> >>
> >> >> try:
> >> >>
> >> >> $sudo passwd root - to enable root
> >> >>
> >> >> and:
> >> >>
> >> >> $sudo passwd -l root - to disable root account.
> >> >
> >> > i did this already. But logging on Gnome using the root account
> >> > didn't suceed. After logging on I have a turning wheel
> for half an
> >> > hour, than I gave up.
> >>
> >> Enabling the root user won't be enough. You're going to
> have to change
> >> LightDM (assuming that this is your DM) preferences and
> possibly pam
> >> preferences too.
> >>
> >> Why can't you use sudo/gksudo/pkexec as NoOp suggested?
> >>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > i'd like to use Gnome. Why i don't use sudo ? Because i'm
> used to not use it.
> > I'm using Suse boxes for more than 10 years, and Suse does
> not make this sudo staff.
> > But now i have one piece of software for which i get only
> support running on Ubunto or Centos.
> > I decided für Ubuntu.
> > One argument for not logging on as root is the argument,
> that you can easily make heavy errors.
> > Well, i'm not using Ubuntu and Suse as a desktop
> environment, for this purpose i use Windows.
> > So, when i log in in a linux box, it's just for
> administrative purpose.
> > When i'm causing trouble, it's my problem. I know that.
> > On my suse boxes, i do 95% of my administrative tasks using
> a shell, not having a DM.
> > But i'm new to Ubuntu, so in the beginning it's likely that
> i want use the DM from time to time.
> > When i'm used to Ubuntu, the DM will be uninstalled.
>
> If you are only going to use the DM occasionally then I think it will
> be easier to learn how to use sudo and gksu to do what you want than
> it will be trying to get the UI to run as root.
>

Hi,

why do i have to adapt the OS ? I think the OS should adapt to the needs and wishes of the user as far as possible.
I KNOW that it is not the recommended way to login to X as root, but i did it often and never got any problems.
It's my box, and if i'm making an error, it's my problem.
The only error i did happened on a terminal, not in a GUI.
I'm not used to sudo and all ist friends, and i don't like to use it.
In a car the blinker is always on the left side, and no manufactur installed it on the right side, expecting that all the drivers will adapt.
OS like suse, RedHat, fedora also don't use this way with sudo, so it can't be dangerous. I can't imagine that these distributors will provide a inherent unsecure OS.

Bernd

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