http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10324
Summary: Running Wine as root should generate warning Product: Wine Version: 0.9.48. Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: wine-misc AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: austinenglish@gmail.com
Since running Wine as root can cause so many problems/damage, there should be some way to either warn/prevent users from doing so. Looking at gedit (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gedit/) while editing some files in Ubuntu got me thinking that a small popup warning that running Wine as root can cause severe damage/etc and/or refusing to run as root would be a good idea.
Shouldn't be too terribly hard to implement, and could hopefully prevent some users from damaging their systems/losing data.