[Gllug] root Desktop settings revert.

[Stig Brautaset]

* Dylan <gllug at dylan.me.uk> spake thus:
> On Wednesday 19 June 2002 12:25, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> > * John Southall <john at sthll.freeserve.co.uk> spake thus:
> > > I use Win98, but I have managed to install SuSE v8.0.
> > > I have used the configure function to change the KDE desktop settings in
> > > root.  Unfortunately the next time I login as root the settings have
> > > reverted to a wallpaper of "root-logo.png" and a font size of 4; not good
> > > for my blood preasure.  Is there an "rc" file in /etc somewhere that I
> > > should edit?
> >
> > I think you are going about this the wrong way... This is probably a
> > (clever, I may add) trick by SuSE to remind you that you are logged in
> > as root and that you should take care. Just create yourself a user
> > account and hack on :) You should normally only log in as root when the
> > normal user privileges are insufficient.
> >
> > Stig
> 
> No, not a clever trick! Silly mistake more like - it's in their support DB:

Ah, well I'm a debian user, so I was just guessing. 

> (I think) it'll create the mistakenly omited file. Then any subsequent changes 
> will be remembered.

It would be better to just document it as a clever trick methinks :) 
Waaaaay too many beginners use the root account for everything, and this
might have been a simple (albeit a bit intrusive) way of teaching them
otherwise.

Stig

-- 
brautaset.org


-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug