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Originally posted by funkybomber View Post
Well, if this causes a local root escalation security hole, that is something to take into consideration.
However I am the only having access to my PC, so I think local attacks should be a non issue. Am I wrong in my reasoning?
If there was a possibility of a remote attack when using X11 applications as root that would be a different story...
You need to get away from the physical worldview when working with computers.
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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostOooh, I like this too. Does it work for all root-user files or just for system files? (like say for documents or images)
Originally posted by Nth_man View Post> You should NEVER run X11 application as root. It opens a local root escalation security hole that is trivial to abuse.
Only if you are already running malware.
You should NEVER run malware.
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Originally posted by MoonMoon View Post
Following that logic, no "proper" distribution should ever have switched from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3. since it definitely broke workflows.
Linux Mint is a good example of that: when they saw that Gnome 3 was not heading to the direction that they needed it to be for their users, they just bit the bullet and developed MATE to have a modern "Gnome 2" DE for their users. Kudos to them. These are the lengths that a "proper" distro goes to, to protect its users and their workflows.
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