On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 16:04, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 23:21, Eric Huff wrote: > > > 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. > > > > It is best not to log in as root in the GUI. There's just so many more > > ways to mess things up... > > > > It's best to log into a user, then su to root. You can still run GUI > > progs. > > > > I wonder: > would you mind pointing me to a doc or a URL that explains the levels of > users and what they can/can't do, and how to set/adjust access etc? > > For example, I've found that I can't create new directories in > Konqueror, even if I open a text window and "SU" there, it doesn't seem > to update the permissions for the Konqueror window. I could do it in the > text only window, but that involves a bunch typing to navigate up and > down through the directories to get where I already was in the other > window [if you know what I mean:)] > > The other thing I was thinking of doing was setting it up so my > girlfriend can sign in with her own name and password, so she can use it > to play her karaoke and VCD movies etc, and not mess up my desktop and > stuff [I don't know why, but every time I come home there's something > different...] sure as heck, why did you not already do it?
> Why? 'Cause I heard you could... :) and it is easer to do one time, than to rest your stuff the way you want 1 time. > TIA > > > -- > Merlin Zener. > > I ain't sure just where the info you want is, but all kinds of info is available in /usr/share/doc. now if you use the superuser filemangler you should be able to work in the GUI as you wish, in KDE; Kmenu, >Applications, >file tools, Filemangler Superuser
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