Give my user root privileges

[toad]

Re: Give my user root privileges

I'm taking bets on the hours before the reinstall. Any offers?

[flarson]

Re: Give my user root privileges

If you have to ask how to enable the root account you obviously are not qualified to make a knowledgeable decision as to whether or not you should. . Do yourself a favor and take the good advise you have been given.

[dibl]

Re: Give my user root privileges

I'm taking bets on the hours before the reinstall. Any offers?

HOURS?

20 minutes, tops. Who wants to tell him how to run the X server as root? That will speed up his learning experience.

[toad]

Re: Give my user root privileges

Arch doesn't have a /root/.xinitrc - I _suppose_ you could copy the one from ~ over, stop kdm and do a startx. Suppose kubuntu doesn't have one either. Hang on, there is something in systemsettings, is there not!

Okay, Nub Slayer - here goes. I as everyone else in this thread have advised you against it because there is really no point whatsoever. This is Unix, it is a totally different philosophy and design - call it a mainframe system if you will. Not a poxy desktop. You don't ride a horse into the house, drink ethanol for fun or jump out of an aeroplane without a parachute. At least I don't. BUT, if you promise to count the minutes/hours/days until something "goes funny" AND more importantly, this install means nothing to you AND you wish to reinstall again anyway AND most importantly you want to see some betting then - and only then - either do the above or type:

kdesu systemsettings

Look for the login manager, you'll find login settings in there somewhere.

[muzicman0]

Re: Give my user root privileges

Arch doesn't have a /root/.xinitrc - I _suppose_ you could copy the one from ~ over, stop kdm and do a startx. Suppose kubuntu doesn't have one either. Hang on, there is something in systemsettings, is there not!

Okay, Nub Slayer - here goes. I as everyone else in this thread have advised you against it because there is really no point whatsoever. This is Unix, it is a totally different philosophy and design - call it a mainframe system if you will. Not a poxy desktop. You don't ride a horse into the house, drink ethanol for fun or jump out of an aeroplane without a parachute. At least I don't. BUT, if you promise to count the minutes/hours/days until something "goes funny" AND more importantly, this install means nothing to you AND you wish to reinstall again anyway AND most importantly you want to see some betting then - and only then - either do the above or type:

kdesu systemsettings

Look for the login manager, you'll find login settings in there somewhere.

The forbidden instructions for all the world to see

[claydoh]

Re: Give my user root privileges

kdesu systemsettings

kdesu??
You don't use kdesu, it isn't installed since Hardy. Kdesudo is the correct command.
BUT for editing various things in System Settings, it will automatically prompt for the admin password when it is needed, no need to even open a terminal or alt-f2
:P

[toad]

Re: Give my user root privileges

Thanks for spotting that

[GreyGeek]

Re: Give my user root privileges

kdesu systemsettings

kdesu??
You don't use kdesu, it isn't installed since Hardy. Kdesudo is the correct command.
BUT for editing various things in System Settings, it will automatically prompt for the admin password when it is needed, no need to even open a terminal or alt-f2
:P

OK, we could forgive the first slip because it wouldn't work, but YOU have revealed the REAL hidden secret.... The only way to restore the community honor is for the offender to commit seppuku. Where's that knife....?

[russlar]

Re: Give my user root privileges

OK, we could forgive the first slip because it wouldn't work, but YOU have revealed the REAL hidden secret.... The only way to restore the community honor is for the offender to commit seppuku. Where's that knife....?

Right here.

[flarson]

Re: Give my user root privileges

A fate worse than death.

[toad]

Re: Give my user root privileges

Christ, and I thought it was a link to M$... Honestly, did any one of you have that info at your fingertips? I had to think about it first 'cos it never ever occurred to me that anybody would want it in the first place!

seppuku - what is my last wish, sushi?

[flarson]

Re: Give my user root privileges

Actually I would have said to edit /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc and change line 255. To each his own.

[toad]

Re: Give my user root privileges

A different solution for a different system - million ways to die, chose one of them

[dibl]

Re: Give my user root privileges

Actually I would have said to edit /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc and change line 255. To each his own.

Heh -- I didn't know that, but I see it now -- ouch!

[toad]

Re: Give my user root privileges

fwiw - it is non-existent in ArchLinux. There is one in /usr somewhere, but nowhere near as long as that...