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2009-12-26 , 21:54
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You should never run anything that doesn't require root rights as root.
The root account is for administration taks only.

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2009-12-27 , 02:23
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in most cases.
 
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unless you are bored.
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Yay... we're better then the iPhone. It ran as root for the first YEAR.

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2009-12-27 , 03:41
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I always run emelfm2 as root
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At least flashing the phone is way faster then re-install a server.
 
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Originally Posted by munky261 View Post
I always run emelfm2 as root
Yes, but most of the time emelfm2 needs root to modify the filesystem. So its all good.
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