Re: Newbie question

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Antonio" == Antonio Rodriguez <arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com> writes:

    Antonio> If you are loging in through gnome desktop manager (gdm),
    Antonio> it will not let you in as root. If this is the case
    Antonio> (wanting to use graphical interface and being root), I
    Antonio> would suggest using kdm (same as gde, but from kde). To
    Antonio> do so,

Or just edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and replace

        AllowRoot=false

with
        AllowRoot=true

I would not recommend logging into X as root (just minimal paranoia).

Cheers!
Shyamal