On Sunday 14 October 2012 16:20:48 Wally Lepore wrote: > The link starts off by suggesting I log in as user and then enter the > following initial command. > > 1 | su root > 2 | gedit > > I went to Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal (I assume this is > how to open a terminal) and was presented with terminal window that > said: > > myname@systemname:~$ (blinking cursor) > > Is this where I'm suppose to be at?
Yes, and you don't need to say su root. Just su is enough. Debian by default does not allow booting into a GUI as root. But I prefer (mutatis mutandis, I use KDE3): alt-F2 gksu gedit enter password when asked. ( I actually do: alt-F2, kdesu kwrite) HTH Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
