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11-05-2009, 02:50 AM
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| how to lock my screen in RHEL5 in root mode but as root it will not lock the screen when I clcik the lock icon. What is the command line to do this? i look for your further replys |
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11-05-2009, 05:36 AM
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| Not sure, but should you be logged onto a desktop environment as root? Better to use a normal user and sudo anything you need higher privs for
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11-05-2009, 05:38 AM
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| If you are using GNOME on RHEL just try to do it with CTRL+ALT+l |
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11-05-2009, 05:39 AM
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| For sudo just add your user to /etc/sudoers |
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11-05-2009, 10:13 AM
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| Logging into X as root is moronic.
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11-05-2009, 02:00 PM
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| Nah, I'm root. . . I'm running X. . . done it for _YEARS_ . Never had a problem. One just needs to remember that one can toast one's self if one does something moronic. Logging into x as root != moronic -- doing stupid things as root == moronic. One needs not be in X to do stupid things as root. |
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11-05-2009, 11:52 PM
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Its not just what you do. If you inadvertently run malicious code as root, then that code has root privs too. Do the sensible thing - setup sudo and get a proper account
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11-06-2009, 12:26 AM
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11-06-2009, 12:30 AM
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