[opensuse-factory] GUI login as root, how to enable it
Hi, It's probably not good with safty and all that, but I like in certan cases to use root on a GUI. I have tried Googling on how to reenable the possibility , but come up short. If someone has it fresh in mind , I would realy appreciate a small howto reenable that ..... Regards Birger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 17:28, Birger Kollstrand <birger.kollstrand@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi,
It's probably not good with safty and all that, but I like in certan cases to use root on a GUI.
I have tried Googling on how to reenable the possibility , but come up short.
If someone has it fresh in mind , I would realy appreciate a small howto reenable that .....
You can just type the name "root" and his password. If you want root to show up in the login screen that option is under K-Menu -> Personal Settings -> Login Manager -> Users (tab) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 2008/11/23 23:28 (GMT+0100) Birger Kollstrand composed:
It's probably not good with safty and all that, but I like in certan cases to use root on a GUI.
I have tried Googling on how to reenable the possibility , but come up short.
If someone has it fresh in mind , I would realy appreciate a small howto reenable that .....
If you use KDE, find the kdmrc file and the line with "AllowRootLogin=", and fix it. -- "Love is not easily angered. Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Thx a lot! Regards Birger 2008/11/24 Felix Miata <mrmazda@ij.net>:
On 2008/11/23 23:28 (GMT+0100) Birger Kollstrand composed:
It's probably not good with safty and all that, but I like in certan cases to use root on a GUI.
I have tried Googling on how to reenable the possibility , but come up short.
If someone has it fresh in mind , I would realy appreciate a small howto reenable that .....
If you use KDE, find the kdmrc file and the line with "AllowRootLogin=", and fix it. -- "Love is not easily angered. Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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Felix Miata wrote:
On 2008/11/23 23:28 (GMT+0100) Birger Kollstrand composed:
It's probably not good with safty and all that, but I like in certan cases to use root on a GUI.
I have tried Googling on how to reenable the possibility , but come up short.
If someone has it fresh in mind , I would realy appreciate a small howto reenable that .....
If you use KDE, find the kdmrc file and the line with "AllowRootLogin=", and fix it.
That got me too Felix. I've never not been able to login from the keyboard as root before 11.1 B5 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Felix Miata wrote:
On 2008/11/23 23:28 (GMT+0100) Birger Kollstrand composed:
It's probably not good with safty and all that, but I like in certan cases to use root on a GUI.
I have tried Googling on how to reenable the possibility , but come up short.
If someone has it fresh in mind , I would realy appreciate a small howto reenable that .....
If you use KDE, find the kdmrc file and the line with "AllowRootLogin=", and fix it.
Found it: If you use KDE, find the kdmrc file and add the line "AllowRootLogin=true" [X-*-Core] AllowRootLogin=true AllowShutdown=Root AutoReLogin=false ClientLogFile=.xsession-errors-%d KDE3 - /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc KDE4 - /usr/share/kde4/config/kdm/kdmrc **NOTE: you must restart kdm before the changes will take effect. Easiest way, just log in in as a user and log out or ctrl+n for console login and wait about 10 seconds. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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