quick GIMP help

[NuclearFusi0n]

what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

 

[iamme]

subway commercials suck

....wait, where am i?

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: iamme
subway commercials suck

....wait, where am i?

the goatse man lubs j00, dont worry. 🙁

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

You arent running gimp as root are you?

Set it to /tmp, that should be fine.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

You arent running gimp as root are you?

Set it to /tmp, that should be fine.

i am. why?

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

You arent running gimp as root are you?

Set it to /tmp, that should be fine.

i am. why?

You shouldn't do anything as root that you absolutely don't have to.

 

[pac1085]

you really should do all of your day to day activities as a non-root user

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

You arent running gimp as root are you?

Set it to /tmp, that should be fine.

i am. why?

Give me one good reason a program like the gimp would have to run as root instead of a normal day to day user. This isnt Windows. You cant get away with doing stupid crap as root.

 

[bigredguy]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: iamme
subway commercials suck

....wait, where am i?

the goatse man lubs j00, dont worry. 🙁

LMAO! dunno why though

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

You arent running gimp as root are you?

Set it to /tmp, that should be fine.

i am. why?

Give me one good reason a program like the gimp would have to run as root instead of a normal day to day user. This isnt Windows. You cant get away with doing stupid crap as root.

i no absolutely jack sh|t about permissions and the like, so i know absolutely jack sh|t about operating as anything other than root - damnit, i'm going to be reading stuff about linux all freaking night, just like i did last night, and the night before. 🙁

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
what directory should i use for swap? it defaulted to /root/.gimp-1.2, but it suggested using /tmp or /var/tmp
*shrug* i dunno if it even matters 😛

You arent running gimp as root are you?

Set it to /tmp, that should be fine.

i am. why?

Give me one good reason a program like the gimp would have to run as root instead of a normal day to day user. This isnt Windows. You cant get away with doing stupid crap as root.

i no absolutely jack sh|t about permissions and the like, so i know absolutely jack sh|t about operating as anything other than root - damnit, i'm going to be reading stuff about linux all freaking night, just like i did last night, and the night before. 🙁

Thats a good thing. I have gotten several decent paying jobs because of the stuff I taught myself about Linux and Unix in general. Check out our Linux FAQ thread in OS. Its got some good information there. This stuff only takes a while to learn in the beginning, once you start to understand bits and pieces, the rest falls into place.

 

[silverpig]

Reason 1 why NOT to log in and run day to day things as root:

Say you wanted to delete your /root/pictures/yesterday folder which has 10 pictures and 2 other directories in it. The command to delete this folder and everything in it is:

rm -rf /root/pictures/yesterday

Now, let's say that you've got this

rm -rf /

and you accidentally have a slip of the finger and hit enter there. You just fux0r3d your entire computer, and any filesystems that are mounted on it (can be nfs mounts on the network, all your hard drives/partitions, floppy...)

Say you do that as a user, you get an error message.


The chances of a keystroke error are small, but I'd gladly take the error message any day.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Reason 1 why NOT to log in and run day to day things as root:

Say you wanted to delete your /root/pictures/yesterday folder which has 10 pictures and 2 other directories in it. The command to delete this folder and everything in it is:

rm -rf /root/pictures/yesterday

Now, let's say that you've got this

rm -rf /

and you accidentally have a slip of the finger and hit enter there. You just fux0r3d your entire computer, and any filesystems that are mounted on it (can be nfs mounts on the network, all your hard drives/partitions, floppy...)

Say you do that as a user, you get an error message.


The chances of a keystroke error are small, but I'd gladly take the error message any day.

holy sh|t......that would kill my windows partitions too - damn!

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: silverpig
Reason 1 why NOT to log in and run day to day things as root:

Say you wanted to delete your /root/pictures/yesterday folder which has 10 pictures and 2 other directories in it. The command to delete this folder and everything in it is:

rm -rf /root/pictures/yesterday

Now, let's say that you've got this

rm -rf /

and you accidentally have a slip of the finger and hit enter there. You just fux0r3d your entire computer, and any filesystems that are mounted on it (can be nfs mounts on the network, all your hard drives/partitions, floppy...)

Say you do that as a user, you get an error message.


The chances of a keystroke error are small, but I'd gladly take the error message any day.

holy sh|t......that would kill my windows partitions too - damn!

Fat fingering is only one of many problems (many many security problems) caused by using the root user.