-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72 columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:50:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Being a newbie I had the same problem that you had I couldnt log > onto X with the root account. This is actually meant to be that > way. The reason being is that if you want to do any system > administration you should log in with a regular account and use the > "SU" command as you mentioned below that you had done that. su -m, actually, since this will preserve your Xauthority and $DISPLAY and let root-running programs connect to your display. > When you find yourself at the Windows X log on screen and only have > the root account created, you can switch to the command line by > using "ALT-F7" I think, Ctrl-LeftAlt-F1 through F6. LeftAlt-F7 takes you back to [kxg]dm. > if that is not the right command then read > the man pages and it should be there. Once in the command line, you > are allowed to log in as root (Although still not recommended) and > you can create a user account. I hope that helps! Well, if the only user existing is root, then you have to log in as root to create a new user. You're right, though, it's best to avoid logging in as root except in emergency situations. - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+i+NoJ5vLSqVpK2kRAtk5AKCqQ7SoHBRmUiwe/1dn4paO/zzqIACcDysq ciZPzM1LT7hCAipbMyCeLRk= =blXM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
