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Re: login as root to GUI



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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote:
> Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root
> through the gui login screen.

That's right.  Log in as your normal user, open up your terminal of
choice and type su -m at the prompt.  It'll ask for your root
password.  Once you've done that, type the command name for the
program you need to run as root.  Hit ctrl-d or type exit or logout to
end that root session when you don't need the privlege anymore.  I say
need because you shouldn't ever want to run something as root, it's a
last resort.

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