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Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?



Your display manager may be configured not to allow root logins. Check
the documentation; there may be a directive in the configuration file
that must be changed.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Brendan West
<extremeskateboarding@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root)
> privileges?  I thought that it was set up like that already, but I am
> unable to start some programs under my normal account.  And for some
> reason, I can't log onto the desktop gui as root.  Any ideas?
>
> NinjaNife
>
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