> Have an xterm open which is su'd to root, then work in there for > whatever needs root access. Any X applications started from a root > shell will be running as root. You can run most X apps as root (but > netscape refuses to run) > > Another option is to log in as root (bad idea but its how windows works > all the time)
All these suggestions don't cut it as they fail to address the most pressing issue of X11 connect permissions not being carried over by su. It would then also require to set localhost as being allowed to connect for everyone (bad idea), and to edit #DISPLAY to be :0. Allowing localhost by default sucks. Try to use kdesu instead. Also, your distro should have a "root shell" or "root xterm" or similar somewhere in your KDE menues. Mine has, it works extremely well and beginners never need to know about xhost or $DISPLAY. At least not for editing lilo.conf, which is a very good thing. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.orcon.net.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
