On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:26:57 +0300 "Giorgos" <giorgos67@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi! :-)
Does someone know, how can I login as su (root)? I'm autologging in as normal user, and when I have to do administrative tasks (eg. configuring with yast), opensuse asking me, my pwd.
These days, I have to install some devices and their drivers, so I have to copy-paste files to restrictive directories. Not surprisingly, those options (eg. pasting files) are greyed-out and not functional. However, working with bash is always available. Once I'm giving my pwd (and returning to # mode), I can complete my work without any problems or pwd reconfirmations. I'm just wondering if there is a similar way, for working with graphical shell (either with Gnome (which I'm using) or any other), for copy-pasting. I had to do so much keyboarding from the DOS era! :-)
Additionally you can configure Sudo to allow you to become root without requiring a password. Examples are in /etc/sudoers. To edit this file, su to root, and use the visudo command. Note that the command to get a root shell from sudo is: 'sudo -s -H' You should always be able to log in as root locally either in the command line or the GUI. To access a command line login (virtual terminal), from the GUI press ctrl-alt-F1 (or actually F1 through F6). -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9