Ok Greg point noted,
Thats a useful one to remember Richard On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 18:14, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2003 11:51 am, richard bown wrote: > > Hi all, > > how do I log in as root from the standard X login on MDK9.1. > > The users are iconised so there's now way of entering the user ar root > > as you use to be able to on previous versions. > > I need to set up xcdroast which has to be done as root.. > > > It is a misnomer that one must log into the gui as root (which is very > dangerous) in order to run gui apps with root access. In order to run > xcdroast as root, simply open a terminal, type su, enter the root password > and then enter xcdroot. The program is now running with all root > proviledges. This can be done for anty app. BTW, this method is also far > faster than logging out, logging in as root, logging out and logging in as > user again. -- richard bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
