Try editing /etc/netscape4/config The line your looking for to enable root access is in there.
On 01-Dec-2000 Joerg Johannes wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini schrieb: >> >> Hi! >> >> I don't know why, but I cannot run netscape 4.75 as root. For example, >> when in the popup Window maker >> desktop menu I choose apps->net->netscape nothing happens. As normal user >> I can run netscape without >> any problem. But not as root! >> Any suggestion will be very appreciated. >> Thanks! >> >> >> Marcelo >> _____________________ >> Marcelo Chiapparini >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > If you type "netscape" in a console window as root, you will get the > explanation: Netscape is not allowed to be run as root for security > reasons. > If you absolutely want to run netscape as root, you can edit the startup > script for netscape. I don't know where it lies, but you can follow the > symlinks from /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape until you find the script. In this > script, change the line allow_root from "no" to "yes". > Hope this helps, sorry I'm not using my Debian box to read and write to > this list, but a SUN-workstation at univerity, so I cannot look for the > file names right now :-( > > joerg > > -- > Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you > will hear the voice of Satan? > > That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------- Arlen Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Break into jail and claim police brutality. This message was sent by XFmail (Linux) -o) /\\ _\_v The penguins are coming... the penguins are coming... ----------------------------------------