Re: xsane as root

From: Bill Wohler (wohler@newt.com)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 13:58:45 PST

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    Oliver Rauch <oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE> writes:
    > No, the warning does not help at all because someone who uses xsane as root
    > does not that it is dangerous. The idea is that it just will not work.

      That same person doesn't know that using sh as root is dangerous,
      but does sh exit if you're root? 

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