Re: Newbie question
On Wednesday 25 September 2002 22:51, Koen Niehof wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How do I get to the screen where I can login as root? Now I get the
> graphical login screen and I can't login as root. When I try to setup my
> ADSL connection to the internet the pppoeconf program tells me I have to
> become root first. When I open a window and type the command su root then
> I'm root, but still this pppoeconf tells me I have to become root. I want
> to login as root so I can setup my ADSL connection. Or is there an other
> way to do this?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Koen Niehof
control+alt+F2 should get you to a login prompt.
When you use su do it as 'su - root' and you will actually be root. 'su root'
just gives you some of root's privileges.
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