On 12/10/08 15:46, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 14:12:04 Kelly Clowers wrote:On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@volumehost.net> wrote:On Tuesday 2008 December 09 21:48:26 Brendan West wrote:I am using gnome.I'll assume you are using gdm then. Anyway, I don't use Gnome, but ISTR that the configuration for gdm is available as a configuration application called "Login Window" or similar. You'll need to enable (or un-disable) root login. By default, gdm does not allow root to login to X.It may be possible to change the config to allow root GUI logins, but I would strongly recommended against it.I agree. The OP seems quite interested in the possibility though. Even if they doesn't necessarily want to log in as "root" they want all the privileges at all times -- which is really just as bad.
But it's the Windows Way. My wife/kids all have separate accounts on our Windows box, and none of them have Administrator priv. I wouldn't give it do them even if they beg. If they want a new app installed, I (after doing due diligence...) gladly install it from the Admin account, and let them log back in. IE, Lookout & MSO icons have been deleted and they use FF, Tbird and OOo as much as possible, which is 99.99% of the time.
"Other" family members think I'm crazy, but that machine hasn't had to be reinstalled or been infected in the 3 years we've had it.
-- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled? What different abilities do I have?