[Wine] How to Install WINE on Slackware 12
James McKenzie
jjmckenzie51 at sprintpcs.com
Fri Mar 14 21:37:47 CDT 2008
Dan Kegel wrote:
> <jjmckenzie51 at sprintpcs.com> wrote:
>
>> You are going to read this again and again but here goes.
>>
>> NEVER RUN WINE AS ROOT. You leave your system open to viruses (which is
>> one reason to switch to Linux in the first place) and if something bad
>> were to happen, your entire system may be damaged...
>>
>
> We're saying this so many times a day ... time to automate the
> warning. I'll send a patch.
>
>
Clap...Clap...Clap. and a hearty thank you.
WINE and root should NEVER mix.
James
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