F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
Chris Tyler
chris at tylers.info
Thu Dec 4 18:49:01 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:05 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> When you are attempting to debug why drivers and such are not working,
> being root saves time which is saving money. Once things work, then I go
> back to 'normal'.
>
> Yes, I often open a terminal window and su, and then 'nautilus &', but
> that has given me wierd behaviour. And then I want to sftp some root
> files over, gFTP is nice. Most things can be done without being root,
> and take a few hours more. I am not an expert at this stuff. My job is
> to work on security protocols, not OSs.
I haven't checked, but perhaps one of the other display managers (such
as kdm or xdm) may allow you to login as root?
-Chris
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