Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-16 Thread Gerald Livingston
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:13:13 +0530 Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oki DZ wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:00:33AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > >>and yes, is there any method of changing the display manager? say > >from >gdm to wdm to xdm to kdm etc? > > > > I belie

Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-16 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
Oki DZ wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:00:33AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > >>and yes, is there any method of changing the display manager? say from >>gdm to wdm to xdm to kdm etc? > > > I believe the program is called update-rc.d. > (Assuming that apt-get doesn't remove any of the dm

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-16 Thread Mike Kuhar
> From: Dale Hair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root? > > > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:30, David Pastern wrote: > > Mark said: > > > > Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root?

Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-16 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021015 22:40]: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:00:33AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > and yes, is there any method of changing the display manager? say from > > gdm to wdm to xdm to kdm etc? > > I believe the program is called update-rc.d. > (Assuming that apt-get

Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-15 Thread Oki DZ
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:00:33AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > and yes, is there any method of changing the display manager? say from > gdm to wdm to xdm to kdm etc? I believe the program is called update-rc.d. (Assuming that apt-get doesn't remove any of the dm's when the new one gets ins

Re: gdm, log in as root? - solution and new questions

2002-10-15 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
Adrien Verlee wrote: > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > > Adrien > > start x session as root. open xterm or equivalent type su - at prompt

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Dale Hair
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:30, David Pastern wrote: > Mark said: > > Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root? > > understand that sudo or fakeroot would be an even better solution, as > sudo use is logged as security concerns. > > Dave : I know that Mark. It more annoys me not

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread David Pastern
Mark said: Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root? understand that sudo or fakeroot would be an even better solution, as sudo use is logged as security concerns. Dave : I know that Mark. It more annoys me not having the ability there. Even if I had it there i'd very rarely log on as root, bu

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 19:10, David Pastern wrote: > Adrien Verlee said: > > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > > Adrien > > Dave says: This is

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 01:10, David Pastern wrote: > Adrien Verlee said: > > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > > Adrien > > Dave says: This is

RE: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread David Pastern
Adrien Verlee said: To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? Adrien Dave says: This is a good one...i've got the same issue (had it with gnome 1.4 and als

Re: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 23:14, Adrien Verlee wrote: > To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager > (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root. > How can I use GDM configurator as superuser? > you dont log in as root. you log in as user and type su an

Re: gdm, log in as root?

2002-10-15 Thread Steve Juranich
1) Log in as a normal user, 2) Open up a terminal emulator 3) 'su' to root. 4) Run the GDM configurator (the exact name escapes me right now). This should work. -- Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] El