Re: Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] su in X11R6

2003-10-08 Thread HvR
arler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] su in X11R6 Date: 08 Oct 2003 09:38:11 -0400 Gotta be a member of 'wheel' group: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#doc_chap3_sect7 On 15:33 Wed 08 Oct , Claus L. Wilson wrote: > Why does the su comman

Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] su in X11R6

2003-10-08 Thread Claus L. Wilson
I don't know what happened: It seemed that my root password had gone. I really have no idea of how and why. But I used the live-cd, changed the password. And hoopla - here we go! Does it have anything to do with that I changed keymap from uk to dk-latin1? -- Venlig hilsen / Greetings from Cla

Re: [gentoo-user] su in X11R6

2003-10-08 Thread Alexander Plank
Can you su outside of X using the same username? Also, it isn't safe to run X as root and doing so is disabled for security reasons. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] su in X11R6

2003-10-08 Thread Barry Marler
Gotta be a member of 'wheel' group: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#doc_chap3_sect7 On 15:33 Wed 08 Oct , Claus L. Wilson wrote: > Why does the su command not work inside X? > I get 'Autentication failure' in konsole. > Also I cannot log into X from kdm as root. > -- > Venlig hilsen / G

Re: [gentoo-user] su in X11R6

2003-10-08 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Wednesday 08 October 2003 17:33, Claus L. Wilson wrote: > Why does the su command not work inside X? > I get 'Autentication failure' in konsole. Are you in the "wheel" group? > Also I cannot log into X from kdm as root. Check that the line "AllowRootLogin=true" is in the "[X-:*-Core]" section

[gentoo-user] su in X11R6

2003-10-08 Thread Claus L. Wilson
Why does the su command not work inside X? I get 'Autentication failure' in konsole. Also I cannot log into X from kdm as root. -- Venlig hilsen / Greetings from Claus Ladekjaer Wilson running Gentoo linux 2.4.20-r7 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list