Bug 430832

This is very rare nagging for really highly questionable operation. There is a
long line of reasons why using Xorg as a root is really bad idea (breaking
ConsoleKit and PolicyKit is just one of them), and it should be said to any user
trying to do it, that it is such. I believe that we are not nagging anybody
without a really good reason, and it is one of those rare cases.

Closing as NOTABUG

It's not a "really highly questionable operation."  Not everyone cares about
ConsoleKit and PolicyKit.  Got that? I own the computer.  There is never any
reason to nag a person more than once.

Add a check-box to disable it after the first time.

Is this Redhat adding this or does X do it?  I'd be interested in which package
I'll need to recompile after I tear that out.

Well, if you have Fedora, you have your system full of ConsoleKit and PolicyKit,
whether you like it or not. And if you are able to get rid of them, getting rid
of this dialog should be piece of cake for you.

So, yes you are right -- it was closed in mistake. This should not be NOTABUG,
but WONTFIX.

WONTFIX would be more accurate as it's upstream.  I'll file a bug with them.

<yoursnide>And if you are able to get rid of them, getting rid
of this dialog should be piece of cake for you.</yoursnide>

You've lost sight of what I'm after my little friend.  I want that dialog gone:


gsm_check_for_root (void)
{
// simple fix no? 

   return ROOTSESSION_RESPONSE_CONTINUE;

// everything after here is just noise.

/*
  GtkWidget *dlg;
  gint       response;


  if (geteuid () != 0)
    return FALSE;

  dlg = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL, GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_WARNING,
                                GTK_BUTTONS_NONE,
                                _("This session is running as a privileged user"));
  gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text (GTK_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dlg),
                                            _("Running a session as a privileged
user should be avoided for security reasons. If possible, you should log in as a
normal user."));

  gtk_dialog_add_buttons (GTK_DIALOG (dlg),
                          _("_Continue"), ROOTSESSION_RESPONSE_CONTINUE,
                          GTK_STOCK_QUIT, ROOTSESSION_RESPONSE_QUIT,
                          NULL);
  gtk_dialog_set_default_response (GTK_DIALOG (dlg),
                                   ROOTSESSION_RESPONSE_QUIT);
  gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (dlg), "");
  gtk_window_set_position (GTK_WINDOW (dlg), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);

  response = gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dlg));
  gtk_widget_destroy (dlg);

  return !(response == ROOTSESSION_RESPONSE_CONTINUE);
*/
}

(In reply to comment #4)
> You've lost sight of what I'm after my little friend.
> I want that dialog gone:

I totally understand what you are after -- I didn't want to be nasty to you,
just to tell, that this won't change in the Fedora packages, so if you want to
have it removed against our advice, then you have to make your patch and
maintain it throughout the development of the subsequent releases of Fedora.
Apparently I was right, and this is not a big deal for you.

But there is really no point in maintaining this conversation; as they say it
can serve no purpose.