On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 09:04, richard bown wrote: > Thanks I'll try that, I'm using gnome at the moment, so lets try kde > thanks > richard > > On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 17:55, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > > richard bown wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > how do I log in as root from the standard X login on MDK9.1. > > > The users are iconised so there's now way of entering the user ar root > > > as you use to be able to on previous versions. > > > I need to set up xcdroast which has to be done as root.. > > > > > > TIA > > > Richard > > > > > > > Assuming kde, in kcontrol > system > login manager > administrator mode > > > users, you can 'unhide' root and a root icon should appear at login. > >
Another way... at the command line run drakedm and then choose one of the other dm's (GDM KDM or TWM) they will allow a root login. Note it may ask for your disk as the default install only gives you mdkkdm James
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