On Thursday 31 July 2003 03:36 pm, Felix Miata wrote: > Bill Mullen wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > >Looks like this is my only option. I can't figure out any way to tell > > > >mdkKDM I want to login as root instead of regular user. > > > > > > As far as I know there is no way to do so. This was the subject of > > > very heated discussions during 9.0 development. > > > > It *can* be done, and fairly easily, as well. > > > > The question remains, "Why would anyone want to login to a full X session > > as root?" ... > > I just explained that in my last post, so how about sharing the secret > how it's done? The simpelest way is to go to Kcontrol -> System -> Login Manager -> Users -> Administrative Mode and change the setting to let the root user be visible in the login window. -- Ken Thompson -- WA7SYR Payette, Idaho
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