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Date:      Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:59:09 +0100 (CET)
From:      "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org>
To:        "Erich Dollansky" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, piotrekk@excite.com
Subject:   Re: howto use Konqueror as root while another user ?
Message-ID:  <46051.194.74.82.3.1202972349.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org>
In-Reply-To: <47B3D5E0.5040701@pacific.net.sg>
References:  <20080214015155.D2F23373DF@xprdmailfe14.nwk.excite.com> <47B3D5E0.5040701@pacific.net.sg>

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On Thu, February 14, 2008 6:47 am, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Piotr wrote:
>> hi
>>
>> howto use Konqueror as root while another user from the wheel group ?
>> I've tried kdesu konqueror, but it doesn't work and I get a lot of
>> errors.
>> I'm using freeBSD 6.3 with KDE 3.5
>
> open a terminal window, switch to root and start konqueror.
>
> It works on my 6.3 machine.
>
> When you start konqueror from the menu, you are using your own account
> but not root.
>
> Erich
>>

**************** INSERT BIG HORRIBLE WARNING *******************
DONT use browsers and mailreaders and the like as root. If something is
fishy on the other end (mostly you dont control the other side!) you'll be
screwed. Your data will get compromised, and your machine might be joining
a ghost network, hitting on others. I strongly STRONGLY (did I say
STRONGLY!) dis-advise that you will be using this.

//remko
Hat: <someone who works with security on a daily basis, and needs to
handle ghosts machines that try to hit my networks, everyday>.

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