Sujet : Re: There he goes again
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 09. Jul 2024, 01:35:49
Autres entêtes
Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 02:54:52 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2024-07-07 05:59, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On 7 Jul 2024 03:25:47 GMT, vallor wrote:
On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 01:31:41 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <v6cr5s$1kfb$1@dont-email.me>:
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That’s not running as root now, is it?
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Yes, and that's the problem.
Maybe think of GParted as Nature’s way of telling you not to run GUI
tools as root.
gparted is a GUI tool intended to be run as root.
And we have seen what happens when it is.
Some decades ago there was a devilish little gadget, shaped exactly like a
legitimate electrical plug, with a sign on it that said “The Little Wonder
Fuse-Blower: Insert In Electrical Socket And PRESS!”.
Funny how many people did exactly that ...