On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 15:08 +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > In my case, william is better than root. I can never login to my GNOME > > desktop through GDM by root. A root account is absolutely useless to me. > > > I use gnome and there is not a single thing I can not do with a root > account that I can't with one. > > If you mean opening GUI apps try adding the following (I am assuming > your using tcsh... if your using something else look up how to do > this): > > in ~/.cshrc add: > > xhost + > > in /root/.cshr add: > > setenv DISPLAY :0 > > When you su *ALWAYS* use the following syntax: > > su - > > *DO NOT* include any cmd arguement. Once your root you should be able > to start any GUI based app from the command line... if you don't know > what the command line is left click on the menu/icon and go to > properties... if it requires arguements look it up in the man page or > the GNOME help for it.
Oh... amazing... Thanks................ and really thanks... and really... Your the guidance has been useful and is greatly appreciated. -- Byung-Hee HWANG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You blaspheme. Resign yourself." -- Vito Corleone, "Chapter 1", page 47 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"