[Geany-Users] How to launch geany as root

[Ray Andrews]

On 2021-08-14 4:32 a.m., Lex Trotman wrote:
> In general it is better to not use Geany or any other complex IDE to
> edit files as root,

> In general it is better to not use Geany or any other complex IDE to
edit files as root

I wonder if the dangers are exaggerated. Coming from DOS, I was used to owning my own system, got tired of 'su root' every time I wanted to tinker with something, and for the last 8 years I've run as root all the time.  I've had one issue.  I resent programs that try to stop me.