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gnome-session package

Add option to remove nag window informing about the evils of root login

Bug #150601 reported by mo0n_sniper
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-session
Won't Fix
Wishlist
gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

When i login as root a windows tells me that i'm running as root, well duh.i think it's unnecessary because the root account is disabled by default.the window should be removed or should have a "Don't show this window ever" switch.

William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485083

Changed in gnome-session:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: New → Triaged
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Gert Kulyk (gkulyk) wrote :

One stupid question: Why do you want to login as root into a graphical environment? You can easily administer your system using sudo, if you want the root account to be activated, you can do everything as root using gksu (e.g starting nautilus, terminal etc).

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

upstream comment on the bug

"The root account isn't disabled by default everywhere, and it's really too easy
to forget that it's bad with a "don't show this window ever" checkbutton here.

WONTFIX for me, but I'm open to new arguments :-)"

Changed in gnome-session:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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Changed in gnome-session:
status: Unknown → Won't Fix
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Changed in gnome-session:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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