root has less menus

[Kent Borg]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 03:20:59PM +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Why do you need to login to Gnome as root? Don't.

There is one case where I have logged in to gnome as root: When I am
doing dangerous file deletions.  

Sometimes I have needed to do "rm -rf whatever" on files that are not
owned by kentborg, and it is very dangerous.  Much safer--at least for
me--is to drag icons around.  I can shift through things, I can see
what I am manipulating, I can drag things around until all the cruft I
am cleaning up is gone, I can empty the trash once it all looks good.

A command line forces me to do symbolic manipulations, symbolic
manipulations are much more powerful, and so, much more dangerous.
Dragging icons is so specific, so concrete, so much safer.

Admittedly, I haven't done this many times, but the last time I did, I
felt much better about pushing the button.

Yes, running Gnome is dangerous--and certainly don't web browse while
root.  So, what is a safe way to do GUI file manipulating as root?


-kb