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On Monday 05 July 2010 09:39:50 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 05:12:44 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > The point is that if you always start with a text login, it's easy to |
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> > log in and fix whatever keeps X/KDE from working. That's why I gave |
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> > up on graphical logins about 15 years ago. |
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> You must have a lot of X problems to make it worth the hassle of the extra |
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> steps each you boot up. What's wrong with dropping back to a text login |
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> on the odd occasions that X or the DE fails to start? |
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And what about this security risk: |
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1. lock screen |
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2. go away somewhere |
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3. ivan the russian spammer walks by, presses ctrl-alt-f1 |
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4. ivan the russian spammer presses ctrl-c |
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5. ivan the russian spammer is now *you* |
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6. god help you if you ran sudo in the last 5 minutes |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |