Re: root login How ???

["Stefan Waidele jun." <Stefan@Waidele.net>]

Robert Storey wrote:
> [...]
> I know that most Debian users disdain the idea of ever logging in as
> root, but there are a few times when I've found it useful (I'll
> probably get flamed to a crisp for saying that). The best way I know
> of to log in as root is to kill gdm and log in using text mode. You
> can always start the graphics with "startx".

You don't even need to kill gdm or logout as user.
From any root-shell (even in an xterm) simply do a
'startx -- :1' and it will start another X11-Server on another virtual 
console. You can switch back and forth with <ctrl><alt>+<f7> and 
<ctrl><alt>+<f8>.

HTH,

Stefan