ntdll: add a warning about running wine as root (resend)

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Mon Feb 9 08:58:03 CST 2009


2009/2/9 Alexandre Julliard <julliard at winehq.org>:
> James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> writes:

>> New wine installation:
>> su (no dash so root's environment is not picked up)
>> wine notepad
>> install various programs and use them.
>> exit

> This shouldn't hurt anything. Please specify the exact platform and show
> us the exact commands you are using, or better file a bug with that
> info.


Bug #66666: users break stuff over and over.

I strongly suggest you read this stuff on the user forum for an idea
of what we're talking about. Users are ... creative.


- d.



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