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02-13-2003, 05:38 PM
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Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
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xscreensaver as root
is there a way to run xscreensaver as root it gives a error messeage when i trie to run it says that you cant run it as root.
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02-13-2003, 05:49 PM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware
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you shouldnt be in your root account long enough to need a screensaver 
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02-13-2003, 06:34 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: 127.0.0.1
Distribution: Latest Ubuntu
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I think I've heard of this before, it would be nice to know.
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02-13-2003, 06:41 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: NYS--Near Hunter Mountain
Distribution: Debian-Sarge/Gentoo/Slack 9.1/Ubuntu
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I believe from the command line you run xhost + and then call up xscreensaver.
If you're the only person using the machine, then, not much damage can be done, but if there are other users, running xscreensaver as root is a b-a-d idea.
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02-13-2003, 08:54 PM
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Distribution: Debian
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Quote:
Originally posted by Slack_Master
I believe from the command line you run xhost + and then call up xscreensaver.
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if you're going to do it this way, atleast run "xhost +localhost" instead.
As mentioned earlier...why do you need xscreensaver for root? Root should not even be running X... 
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02-13-2003, 09:11 PM
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Plains
Distribution: Slackware 13
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"Fool with root,kill the tree."
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02-13-2003, 10:55 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
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i am the only person to use computer so i always log in ass root
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02-13-2003, 11:04 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
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i am the only person to use computer so i always log in ass root
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are you joking? thats a really bad idea. I'm not even going to explain why, just do a search.
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02-13-2003, 11:19 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by Fingel
are you joking? thats a really bad idea. I'm not even going to explain why, just do a search.
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Please listen to Fingel. This is a BAD idea, unless, of course, you like losing all your files, leaving your system open to hackers and script kiddies, etc. and so forth.
If you run from your user account and those things happen, you just lose the user account, not the whole system.
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02-14-2003, 12:12 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
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ok if so many poeble are telling this i wont argue i will create a normal user acc.
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