On Monday 17 March 2003 05:37 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 11:55, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > > > > I'll give you one scenario where I log in as root all the time... > > Install fests. I'm sure all of these people don't want a user james on > > their box....another is when a friend calls up and says... It won't work > > can you help... I log in as root so I don't have to keep asking them > > for the root password... once is enough this way. > > I would just Terminals->Konsole (super user mode). > > > As for the very real problem here. It comes with upgrades. (if an > > upgrade shouldn't be done then remove the option from the installer.) > > If you are running kdm now, with users hidden ( a prudent move I might > > add.) and you upgrade.... You can't log in as anyone! > > I have: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ grep list /etc/security/msec/level.local > allow_user_list(0) > > and was running kdm until mdkkdm came around, and I still get a dm with > username/password fields and a wm selector (I don't think I made any > changes to the config manually). I don't see the problem, but I haven't > tried it on an upgrade.
The problem is that you cannot enter root and root's password to log into a root (wm) session with mdkkdm by design. Bob Finch > > Buchan > > - -- > > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+daV8rJK6UGDSBKcRAt7HAJ0bw90n+4pz4QlV3F/50MVoodqXIgCgnPVS > Wy/XjUV5xDI/EAZYxBPek58= > =UJn9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
