Thanks for the answer. I've tried, only that I have no place to type in 'root'. The first dialog is for choosing the user (apparently by icon clicking). There is no edit box for typing. However, I've clicked the dialog and type 'root'. No effect.
Upon clicking the icon of the new user, his name is displayed as a text label, not as an edit field. So, no edit field again. Typing 'root' has no effect. This should be no surprise, since the dialog has no edit field (except for password). Best regards, Cristian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode > Hi Cristian, > > "root" does not show up in the list (it's hidden), just type it in and > give the password and your in (You can also hide other users so they do > not show up either). When you added the user, at the bottom of the box > was the area for password. You need to go back into MCC and "delete" > that user, then "add" it again. If you edit it, I see no place to give a > password (Just delete it and start over). > > Hope this helps > Russ > > Cristian Papp wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > As root, I've added a new user using the graphical utility provided in > > "Mandrake Control Center". As I've found no edit-field for entering an > > initial password, I assumed that the new user would be allowed to set > > a pasword upon the first login. > > I also didn't add the new created user to any groups. > > > > Then I logout root account and try to log as the newly-created user. > > However, I could not log, as empty password or arbitary passwords were > > not accepted. > > > > The worst is that the login dialog box (I've choose to boot in > > graphical mode) doesn't provide the opportunity to specify another > > account (i.e root) anymore. The choices are: log as the new user (with > > what password?), reboot or halt the system. Even worse (as the worst) > > is that upon re-booting, I have the same logging screen, with no > > opportunity to change user. > > > > 1. What can I do? > > 2. What I've done wrong? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Cristi > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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