I just ran into this same problem. While I see that the C+A+F1-4 keys will
work log in as root, it is inconvenient to not be able to browse through X.
If there is no work around to be able to log in as root via X and use X,
would anybody know what setting I choose in InteractiveBastille to revert
this security feature?
On Monday 06 August 2001 06:44, etharp wrote:
> While I do not have the correction (execpt running InteractiveBastille
> again) I can assure you that was the cause. It is considered a security
> enhancement. now when I need to be root, I Ctrl+Alt+f4, login, and do what
> I need to then Ctrl+Alt+f7, back into my Xwindows session
>
> On Monday 06 August 2001 00:50, Hugh Cecil wrote:
> > Hi
> > I've been using Mandrake 8.0 for a few months and enjoy it very much.
> >
> > However, today I find I cannot su to root anymore from a user account.
> > In a terminal I su, type in root password, and get this:
> > [user@localhost user]$ su
> > Password:
> > File Size Limit exceeded
> > [user@localhost user]$
> >
> > Similarly, when I try KDE su in File Manager (Super User Mode) I get an
> > alert box which says:
> > Conversation with su failed
> >
> > My security level has always been set at 3. I did recently have a play
> > with InteractiveBastille, but I'm not sure whether that caused it.
> >
> > Any enlightenment appreciated.
