If you really want to expose yourself by running non-administration tools
as root, then you can always just modify the source and recompile. Isn't
that what Free Software is all about?  The ability to expose yourself to
security risks? :)

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Don Harrop wrote:

> I noticed that too!  I hate it when some programmer decides what I can
> and can't do.  Escpcially as root or administrator!
> 
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Rooster wrote:
> 
> > well here's something else that i found after installing storm. i
> > attempted to install yahoo messenger and wasn't able to. it came up
> > with a message saying that it wasn't permitted due to security
> > restrictions. well excuse me, but since when is root restricted??? i
> > may not have used linux in a couple of years, but that was a new one 
> > to me.