On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 07:51:04AM +0200, Koen Niehof wrote: > Hi all, How do I get to the screen where I can login as root? Now I > get the graphical login screen and I can't login as root.
Never log in as root (or on a Windows box, as Administrator, similarly, don't create new administrator accounts on a Windows box, but that's a whole'nother story). For more reasons than I have the patience to type, do a google search for "never log in as root". > When I try to setup my ADSL connection to the internet the pppoeconf > program tells me I have to become root first. When I open a window > and type the command su root then I'm root, but still this pppoeconf > tells me I have to become root. I want to login as root so I can > setup my ADSL connection. Or is there an other way to do this? If set up properly, it should start the connection on boot. If this isn't desirable, try as root, /etc/init.d/pppoe start (and swap start for stop when you're done). I'm not entirely sure, since I won't use an internet provider trying to screw me out of service. PPPoE/A is used nearly exclusively on DSL ISPs who want to be able to "hang up" on customers or play games with PPP to limit bandwidth. With all due respect, it may be time to consider switching ISPs. -- Baloo
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