Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 07 September 2003 04:57 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > Sorry to hijack this thread; I didn't mean to. One more reply and then > I'll start my own:) > > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 03:27, ed tharp wrote: > > [...snip] > > > > > The other thing I was thinking of doing was setting it up so my > > > gir

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Merlin Zener
Sorry to hijack this thread; I didn't mean to. One more reply and then I'll start my own:) On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 03:27, ed tharp wrote: > [...snip] > > 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 > >

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread ed tharp
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

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Merlin Zener
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 bes

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Derek Jennings
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, 20

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread ed tharp
Original Message - > From: "Eric Huff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic > mode > > > > > I've trie

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Cristian Papp
TED]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode > > I've tried, only that I have no place to type > > in'root'. The first dialog is for choosing the user (apparently by >

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Eric Huff
> 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

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Cristian Papp
: "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 typ

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Russ
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"

[newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Cristian Papp
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 a