You can configure gdm to allow root login. As user open xterm su root password gdmconfig
Under options choose Expert and allow root to login with gdm. On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 00:08, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > >ON the default woody install, one of the Gnome menu picks is :IDE setup > >tool". Trying to run this as a suer results in the message that you need > >to be root to run it. Cool. > > > >Trying to login as root using gdm is not allowed. > > > >Can anyone explain what the **k somebody was thinking when tehy set > >this up! > > I think other "more user friendly" distros allow root logins and therefore > comes in handy for them. > > I only remember that this as possible with RH6 (which I tried at least two > years ago) so I may be remembering wrong > > also, xhost + is probably not the safest thing to do if untrusted machines > have network access to your machine > > > Shri > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
