On Saturday 29 Mar 2003 9:26 pm, walt wrote:
> I installed Mandrake 9.1..fresh install. I needed to log on as root so I
> logged out and I did not see "root" so I could click on it and do what I
> have to do. Anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong????
>
You can just type in 'root' and the password.  But it's not a good idea, 
usually.  You can use 'su' in a console if you need to do root jobs, or use 
File Manager Super User Mode to do it in a gui.  Both allow you to quickly 
and easily get back to being a user, with full security.

Anne
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Registered Linux User No.293302


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