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Date:      Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:06:24 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
To:        remko@elvandar.org
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, piotrekk@excite.com
Subject:   Re: howto use Konqueror as root while another user ?
Message-ID:  <47B3E870.6040008@pacific.net.sg>
In-Reply-To: <46051.194.74.82.3.1202972349.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org>
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Hi,

I think he wants to use konqueror locally just to see his files and he 
cannot get access to his root files.

Erich

Remko Lodder wrote:
> 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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