David R. Litwin wrote: > Let me preface this by saying: Yes, I know the security threats > involved in logging in as the root; some times, however, I wish to do > so. Thank you for understanding. > > Now then, I use KDM to login. With this, it is necessary to choose > login through console, then login and type startx. This, however, make > gnome come up. > > 1: How can I change this to KDE?
Create/edit ~/.xinitrc All you need is the single line containing the [ desktop environment / window manager ] you want, like so: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> cat .xinitrc > #icewm > #xterm > #wmaker > startkde > #xfce > #gnome-session Another method would be to change your default window manager, but I never remember the details on doing this (perhaps by using "update-alternatives"?). Still another method would be to feed to "startx" the name of the window manager you wish to use, but again, I never remember the details on doing this. > 2: I read that to allow for a root login with KDM, one must edit the > files located at either /usr/kde/3.4/config/kdm/kdm/c or > /etc/opt/kde3/shore/config/kdm with the following: > #allow root at login. > #default is true. > #AllowRootLogin=false. > I have KDE 3.3 and both of these do not exist. > How do I do this, then? > Edit the file "/etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc" (on a Debian system); in this file you'll find the "AllowRootLogin" line; set that to "True". > Again, thank you in advance. Argh, I feel so dirty, telling someone how to log into X as root. ;-) -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
