Have just installed MD 10.0 CE (from LinuxFormat coverdisc). Selected default 'standard' security level and setup one named user 'dave'.
Problem - Cannot log in as root - it always goes straight into 'dave' Am never offered the choice of 'root' Have tried to log out and back in, but still only have option of the user 'dave'
Have re-installed three times - always making sure that the option to boot to a specific user is always unchecked.
I am the newest of Newbies (but probably the longest serving Newbie on the block) so if anyone can give an answer I would appreciate it if given in the simplest terms.
Many thanks
Dave
Dave; Ron had the exact same problem yesterday. Here's my email that fixed it for him. Mandrake is doing this to prevent newbies from using root as their main user, so that they don't "Bork" their systems.
You can log into your box as a normal user (ie; "dave" ? ), then open "KControl" (Start>System>Configuration>Configure Your Desktop), and go to the section called (What Else?)"System" !
Open that section up, and find the section called "Login Manager". You will see a button near the bottom called "Administrator". Click it, and enter the password you originally used for the "root" user.
Once inside of that, click on the tab called "Users". On the left, you will see a section called "Show Users". Click on "Selected Only", and then put an "X" in the box beside each user's name that you'd like to see at the login panel. For security sake, leave all unneeded user's unchecked.
Click Apply in the lower right corner, and you're done. The next time you boot it up, your Desktop Manager will show you the Login Panel like you're used to seeing, with the "root" user in the list.
Enjoy!
Lanman
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