[ale] FC13 question

[Drifter]

On Friday, July 30, 2010 05:41:55 pm Jim Kinney wrote:
> Root is blocked from using X directly for security reasons. All the gui
> config tools that require root will prompt for root password to do
> their magic.

Yeah, I know that.  But after typing in the root password 10 or 15 times 
in a few minutes chasing after the >ONLY< app that will actually do what I 
need done, it gets a bit tiresome.  I understand the security concerns, 
but I think they are a bit overblown.  Anyone who manages to crash through 
the firewalls is not going to need a GUI to do the dirty work.  The 
injected scripts certainly don't need a GUI.
So is the bit of code that blocks root from using X part of the kernel, in 
which case I give up, or is it one of Red Hats little "extras" thrown in 
to enhance the distro?

Sean
> 
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> 
wrote:
> > There are times when I need to to things as root that are -- for me
> > -- much easier to do using the GUI aps rather than the command line.
> > Years ago on a Red Hat install, root actually had a directory in
> > /home and I could log into the system as root and have the GUI.
> > 
> > This FC13 install doesn't provide that feature. I can create, as
> > root, a directory in /home. That's easy enough.  But what do I have
> > to do so that I can log in as root directly just as I log into my
> > regular user account? If I try to log in as root now, the system
> > just laughs at me.
> > 
> > Clearly I am missing several steps in the process.
> > 
> > Sean
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