On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:18:53AM -0400, Icarus wrote: > Hello. I just installed debian woody along with the window enviroment (gnome, > sawfish). When I get to the GDM login screen I cannot log in as root. I'd like to be > able to use the GUI as root, but when I switch consoles I still can't use startx > (because the x-server is already running). > > I tried killing the x-server on console 7 but can't. I am sent back to the GDM login > screen. > > Does anyone know I can resolve this problem. Thanks.
I believe this is not a problem, but is a feature recently added to debian. If you want to do something as root, first log on as a user, then use 'su' to switch to root. This is safer than giving root rights to every process running under X and Gnome/KDE. paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
