Re: gdm blocking root login

To: Heitzso <heitzso@home.com>
Cc: debian-x@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: gdm blocking root login
From: Jules Bean <jules@jellybean.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:04:52 +0100
Message-id: <20011025170451.I20703@blueberry.jellybean.co.uk>
In-reply-to: <3BD82754.2050405@home.com>; from heitzso@home.com on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:53:08AM -0400
References: <3BD482C3.1F4B8B0E@durham.ac.uk> <3BD49285.2B744200@flinthills.com> <20011022200927.B3850@stout.hampshire.edu> <3BD82754.2050405@home.com>

On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:53:08AM -0400, Heitzso wrote:
> Clues re how I can reconfigure my system to
> let root logon to X via gdm?

Just don't do it.

su to root in a console, and run a GUI admin tool as:

XAUTHORITY=/home/heitszo/.Xauthority gfoobaradminapp

Jules

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References:
- X11 problem
  - From: Zoltan Nagy <Zoltan.Nagy@durham.ac.uk>
- Re: X11 problem
  - From: Derek Witt <djw@flinthills.com>
- Re: X11 problem
  - From: Jason Wojciechowski <jlw99@stout.hampshire.edu>
- gdm blocking root login
  - From: Heitzso <heitzso@home.com>

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