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Super/Root User Mode

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Started by vbisme April 04, 2001 09:08 PM

2 comments, last by vbisme 23 years, 3 months ago

vbisme

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April 04, 2001 09:08 PM

Hi, I''m quite new to Linux, how do I log on as a super user in X mode; Gnome or KDE? In text mode, you type in "su" and then log on right, how to do in the GUI?

flame_warrior

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April 04, 2001 10:44 PM

su in an xterm, or login as root. Don''t ask for a graphical su.

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Jim_Ross

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April 05, 2001 12:22 PM

i don''t know about gnome, but kde2 has a nice feature that will ask you for the root password if you try to launch a program that requires root access. But for the most part you can open and xterm, su, then run any program (even graphical ones) from that command line.

Prefect

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April 06, 2001 08:02 AM

Actually, you might not be able to connect to the X display as root, depending on the setup.

And the KDE2 feature is nice. Plus, when you start a program via Alt+F2 in KDE2, you can ask for it to be run as a different user too.

cu,
Prefect

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