-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 20:51:40 -0600 > "Brendan West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > You shouldn't give your regular account root privileges, and you > shouldn't log into the DE as root. Use sudo for tasks requiring root > privileges, or su into root. > >> NinjaNife > > Celejar > -- > mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email > ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator > >
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