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On 9 March 2010 11:14, Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> hi, |
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> i usually use my linux system with root account. i think it is not |
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> good, so i created a normal user account for myself. but i found that |
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> i cannot access many system resources, like usb disk, battery |
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> informatiion, etc. |
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> i am already in these groups: disk,wheel,audio,video,usb,haldaemon,plugdev. |
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> now, i cannot get notification when i plug a new usb device. my |
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> battery gadget says battery information is not available. |
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> all there stuffs works fine if i log in with root account. |
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You only have yourself to blame I'm afraid ... |
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When you login to xorg using a root account some configuration files |
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become owned by root. A normal user can no longer access them. Most |
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desktops should be clever enough to allow users to create their own |
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configuration files in their home directory - but I am not sure how |
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you have yours set up. |
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Either way, to login in X as root user is a *very* bad idea from a |
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security perspective. Personally, I recommend to reinstall Gentoo |
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from scratch, instead of messing up with access permissions on config |
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files. It would also teach you to follow the Gentoo handbook to the |
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letter (which asks you to set up a plain user account during the |
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installation). ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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