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<H1>Re: xsane as root</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Oliver Rauch (<A HREF="mailto:oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE?Subject=Re:%20xsane%20as%20root&In-Reply-To=&lt;38B68A0D.FA4D8615@wolfsburg.de&gt;"><EM>oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</EM></A>)<BR>
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Andreas Beck wrote:
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<P><EM>&gt; O.K. - now for a word about running SANE as root: I'd opt for placing a big
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<EM>&gt; fat warning or some configuration file if desired. I generally do not think
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<EM>&gt; it is a good idea to restrict root from doing anything. It's the whole
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<EM>&gt; purpose of the &quot;root&quot; concept to be able to override all and everything.
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<P>Hi Andreas,
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<P>there is another thing I don`t like at that point:
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I often get mails form people who write ... does not work like expected or
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here or there happen something strange. After a long discussion what it could be
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I find out they used it as root and did not know what they do.
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<P>It takes me a lot of time to discuss problems/errors of xsane and I hate to spend
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my time on unnecessary discussions. And if after all I tell the people please not
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to use xsane as root they simply ask WHY.
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<P>So a warning does not help at that point. May be it helps if every 5 ms there pops up
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a window with the warning ;-). So my consequence could be to make sure
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xsane can not be run as root.
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<P>May be this way: for xsane versions smaller than 1.0 this is included.
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<P>Bye
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Oliver
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