change login screen

[Ron Siven]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com> wrote:

> Roger wrote:
>
>>
>>>  By default, it doesn't let you log in graphically as root.  Do you
>>>> really need to do that?  It's, generally, a VERY BAD idea.  The best
>>>> solution is, usually, to log in as yourself, then "su -" in the command
>>>> line to become root, and issue the commands you want.  Or run the
>>>> graphical tool that you want to use, through the menus, and type in the
>>>> root password when prompted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This is an interesting one.
>>>
>>> I, too,  need to graphically log in as root to delete several old
>>> kernel and kmod directories quickly and easily as per discussions on my
>>> recent and continuing akmod problem. Doing it one file at a
>>> time in the numerous directories is laboroius and error prone.
>>>
>>> I can't use the GUI there is no login for handling files that I can find.
>>>
>>
> As someone else said, logging into the desktop as root is a bad idea.
> A lot of the tools there are dangerous to use if you take the safeties
> off (as they are when you're root).  For example, if you are root and
> you navigate to, oh, say "/" in Nautilus, "Select All", "Move to Trash"
> and click "Yes", bye-bye system.  That can't happen if you're not root.
>
> If you must do things as root, the best idea is to log into the desktop
> as a regular, mortal user and open up a terminal window.
>
> In that window, enter "su -".  At the password prompt, enter root's
> password.  Now you're root in that terminal.  Do whatever you want to
> do.  Enter "exit" to stop being root, or simply close the terminal
> window.
>
> You can also simply press CTRL-ALT-F2 to switch to a regular console.
> Log in as root there and go do your thing.  Press "ALT-F1" to return
> to the desktop.  Yes, you have to do things on the command line, but
> hopefully you only need to do things as root very rarely.
>
> That's not too hard, is it?
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And, if you feel you need to run a GUI program like nautilus, you can simply
call it from the command line as root.
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