Re: One last try...
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Am Samstag, 26. April 2003 20:30 schrieb Z:
> Hi All, & thanks for the efforts to get Xfree to work. The suggestion
> to use kernel 2.4 worked. Life would have been much easier had I even
> been aware of the bf24 install option. (for the developers, etc.)
>
> Once installed and at least functioning so I was in a familiar
> interface, I wanted to customize a few things, set up the network, etc.,
> but was required to log in as root. I expected this, but with other
> distributions the option was usually offered to do that when I tried to
> perform the task. Not in Debian. Instead I get the message to log in
> as root and do it. Great! Log out... then... no option to log in as
> root. Reboot, no option to log in as root. Go to a terminal, & try,
> must do that from somewhere else.
>
> Frankly, I logged out and installed Mandrake. I like Red Hat and
> Mandrake but I'm really trying to get away from Microsoft. Red Hat may
> be fine but it feels like a Microsoft wanna be to me, and Mandrake like
> Red Hat light. I still want to be using Debian for all it's features
> and that it isn't a commercial product with a hidden cost around every
> corner (memberships, subscriptions, ad nausea). So...
>
> What do I have to do to get this thing installed so I can log in as
> root? Frankly, I couldn't do it in the other distributions either, but
> they at least allowed me to offer the password and do most changes.
>
> When the graphical log in comes up on boot, how do you get around it so
> you can log in as root? Or is there a way to log in as root when you
> are already logged in as a routine user from a counsel or terminal?
>
> Thanks again for all the assistance & forgive my total ignorance of the
> basics that all you folks certainly take for granted...
>
> Z
In a console type:
#> su
and you will be asked for your root password (you know your root password,
don't you?).
If you run kde, you could also use kdesu.
Best regards
Robert
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