Hi,
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:17:54PM -0400, Dick Bayerl wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem.
Debian and Ubuntu are a bit different on this issue.
Since login to root using X displaymanager is not so good idea, I
mention console
On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:17:54 -0400
Dick Bayerl rjbay...@ameritech.net wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes
to various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on
a
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On 05/20/2011 09:04 AM, Charlie wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:17:54 -0400
Dick Bayerl rjbay...@ameritech.net wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't
19/05/2011 18:17, Dick Bayerl wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes to
various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on a
second machine and keeping careful notes about
On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:17:54 -0400
Dick Bayerl rjbay...@ameritech.net wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes
to various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on
a
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:04:26AM CEST, tv.deb...@googlemail.com
tv.deb...@googlemail.com said:
19/05/2011 18:17, Dick Bayerl wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes to
various files.
On Thu, 19 May 2011 12:17:54 -0400, Dick Bayerl wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes to
various files.
What files?
If you need to change a configuration file, use your preferred
20/05/2011 11:49, Erwan David wrote:
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:04:26AM CEST, tv.deb...@googlemail.com
tv.deb...@googlemail.com said:
19/05/2011 18:17, Dick Bayerl wrote:
I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:52:42PM CEST, tv.deb...@googlemail.com
tv.deb...@googlemail.com said:
20/05/2011 11:49, Erwan David wrote:
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:04:26AM CEST, tv.deb...@googlemail.com
tv.deb...@googlemail.com said:
19/05/2011 18:17, Dick Bayerl wrote:
I am frustrated. I
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:52:42PM +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
Thanks for correcting me, it's good to know it if the firewall allows
connections from the outside. Otherwise the security risk seems pretty low,
or am I missing something juicy here ?
Well, it depends on the specifics
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:49:12AM +0200, Erwan David wrote:
NOT xhots + !!!
If you have to widen, just do xhost +local:
First command opens to the whole internet, second one only to connnections
from localhost.
There are better methods than even xhost +local -- if you have a local ssh
On Friday 20 May 2011 11:02:08 Camaleón wrote:
Or a GUI text editor:
gksu - gedit
kdesu also works if you are using KDE.
Lisi
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I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with
the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes to
various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on a
second machine and keeping careful notes about the password to see if
that will work.
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:49:01PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Technology has evolved. Programs have evolved (well, most of them have).
Practices should evolve as well. We don't all need to stay stuck in 1995.
There's still a few sites stuck in
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:25:59PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
Who said anything about HTTP? I referred you to a thread on d-curiosa
where the travesty of HTML email was being discussed; the poster
seemed to feel as you do that email technology
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:58:36PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You completely missed the point.
Well, now I am. Care to quote for context?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:20:42PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote:
No, you should read RFC 2646. Format=Flowed solves this problem and
makes everyone happy, in theory.
Not all systems understand the concept. If 2646 ever gets widely
implimented, I
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:31:52 -0800
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Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72
columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
This isn't meant to be picking on you. But I've been
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:18:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:31:52 -0800
Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72
columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
This isn't meant to be
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:18:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And people who still use MUAs that can't do line wrap should consider
finding one that can.
And there's still old VT100 terminals feeping away in many libraries.
Personally, I don't
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:18:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This isn't meant to be picking on you. But I've been considering this
for a while.
People shouldn't wrap lines at all in messages they send -- this is a
hoary hold-over from the dark ages.
while you are using debian mailing
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:47:54 -0600
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mutt does line wrap, but the default is ugly and hard to read. Many
popular and useful MUAs don't do linewrap at all. Furthermore, how
does someone effectively _quote_ text which is not linewrapped? Now
the local
Hugh Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:18:30AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This isn't meant to be picking on you. But I've been considering this
for a while.
People shouldn't wrap lines at all in messages they send -- this is a
hoary hold-over from the dark
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Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72
columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
This isn't meant to be
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:31:52 -0800
Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72
columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
This isn't meant to be picking on
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:49:01PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:47:54 -0600
Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
mutt does line wrap, but the default is ugly and hard to read. Many
popular and useful MUAs don't do linewrap at all. Furthermore, how
does
You completely missed the point.
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What login manager's do you use?
In GDM (Gnome Desktop Manager) you should to set this option before you
can login as root:
( /etc/gdm/gdm.conf )
AllowRoot=true
and next type /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Then you should be able to login as root in gdm.
Regards.
El jue, 03 de 04 de 2003 a las
It happens both with kde 3 and gnome 1.4
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Hello:
Being a newbie I had the same problem that you had I couldnt log onto X with the root
account. This is actually meant to be that way. The reason being is that if you want
to do any system administration you should log in with a regular account and use the
SU command as you mentioned
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Hello:
Being a newbie I had the same problem that you had I couldnt log onto X
with the root account. This is actually meant to be that way
gdm
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote:
Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root through the gui
login screen.
I get error msg system administrator can't login from this screen
i use xdm as my gui login screen and havent seen this message before.
which
Thanks a lot, it worked !
Now I can go to sleep (3:15 a.m here)
Yaron.
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote:
Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root
through the gui login screen.
Don't do that. Running X as root - or, indeed, running more as root than
you have to in general - is bad security practice. You should run as an
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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:50:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Being a newbie I had the same problem that you had I couldnt log onto
X with the root account. This is actually meant to be that way. The
reason being is that if you want to do any system
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:23:02AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote:
If I login as 'normal' user it's ok, and than I can use su and switch
to root, but no matter what I tried, I can't login to the machine as
root. (tried to delete all other
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 17:19, Yaron wrote:
Hi,
Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root through the gui
login screen.
I get error msg system administrator can't login from this screen
If I login as 'normal' user it's ok, and than I can use su and switch to root, but
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 18:04, Yaron wrote:
gdm
Oh, yeah. That's right. There are 3 of them, I think. Mine was wbm. gdm
and kdm are (at least some of) the others.
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Please turn your line wraps on to something more sensable like 72
columns per line instead of one paragraph per line.
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:50:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Being a newbie I had the same problem that you had I couldnt
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:47:05AM +0200, Antonio Guti?rrez Mayoral wrote:
In GDM (Gnome Desktop Manager) you should to set this option before you
can login as root:
( /etc/gdm/gdm.conf )
AllowRoot=true
and next type /etc/init.d/gdm restart
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote:
Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root
through the gui login screen.
That's right. Log in as your normal user, open up your terminal of
choice and type su -m at the
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