On Monday 13 June 2005 06:59, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
Mandag 13 juni 2005 13:18 skrev Klaus-F. Kaal:
WAIT WAIT WAIT !!
Hi,
- if root login to KDE is the only reason, then - by all means - let this list have a go at what could be wrong. - besides, I NEVER EVER log in to KDE as root. Why would I do such a thing? - I firmly believe that there is a VERY SMALL line in some config file that is the cause of this. Google some more, re-install is for MS-Windows users, not Linux people :-)
Best regards, Verner
As I am having problems, logging in at KDE as root. After having checked - together with helpful people in this mailing list - whatever could be the reason for that, I only see the way to re-install Suse. I have tried to repair the system, tried the update, but it does not change the points, I want to have changed.
My question:
Is there a proper way of installing Suse on my computer without formating the harddisk? I have lots of data on it and it would be a huge work to save that all. The only way, Suse offers a new installtion is to re-format the harddisk. Can I avoid this?
Thanks for your hints.
Klaus
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In the /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm or maybe it is the /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm directory there is a kdmrc file. In this file there is a section labeled : [X-*-Core]. In this section there is an entry "AllowRootLogin", this is usually set to false. Have you verified that it is changed to true? Another potential problem is file permissions. These are often files in the /tmp directory. A re-install without formatting the drive would leave these files and not solve your problem, so you wouldn't gain anything there. Along those lines, it could possibly be a permissions problem with /root. That would be much more rare, but I would look at all the files in /root for anything funny. -- Kelly L. Fulks Home Account near Huntsville, AL