Re: Another gnome question

[Aaron Prohaska <aaron microkidz com>]

I know it can be a bad idea, but how else am I supposed to run the root
required features of nmap? I am trying to find vuleribilities in our system
and I need to run as root to do this.

Aaron

Tom Gilbert wrote:

> * Aaron Prohaska (aaron microkidz com) wrote:
> > How do I run gnome under root? Every time I start gnome I get the
> > regular error message warning me about running the file manager under
> > root. Every time I press the ok button for the warning it closes the
> > file manager and all the icons on the desktop disappear.
> >
> > Aaron
>
> Don't.
>
> Tom.
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