On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:58:07PM -0600, Damian Slavek wrote: > I'm running Woody and using gdm for logins. What do I have to change > in order to allow root to login? The machine boots directly to X. > > I'm not new to linux, just Debian. RedHat was starting to scare me.
Then you should avoid running X server as root. What the other poster suggested to enable root logon should work. But think twice. Debian usually has reason why these "featues" are off --- security risks. So what is the better way? Run X client as root while runing X server as non-previleged normal user. Then how to gain root. Use "su" and few tricks. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-ss-xsu Cheers :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
