RE: gdm, log in as root?
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 01:10, David Pastern wrote:
> Adrien Verlee said:
>
> To use GDM configurator, you must be root. But the session manager
> (GDM) says: System Adminstrator is not alloweded tot login as root.
> How can I use GDM configurator as superuser?
>
> Adrien
>
> Dave says: This is a good one...i've got the same issue (had it with gnome
> 1.4 and also newly updated gnome2). I initially couldn't log in as root on
> kde 2.2.2 either, but can now on kde 3.0.3. I'd be curious to see how this
> is fixed (if possible). And why does it do it? A gnome install on other
> distributions doesn't do it, so I can only presume it is a debian thing.
> Anyone on the lists able to shed some light (silly question that lol).
>
> Dave
>
Answered this earlier but can do again.
You dont log in as root. you log in as user and type su and become root.
>From there you type gdmconfig
You can then set setting so that you can configure gdm before you log
in.
Kenneth
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