I am using gnome. The problem I am having with user privileges, though, is only on the gui. I can easily use the root privileges on the terminal. I am trying to use AVG 7.5, but it says that I don't have the privileges to access the executable.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 09 December 2008, "Brendan West" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'How do I make my normal > account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?': >>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? > > I agree with the other poster, that you should use explicit commands for > gaining root level privledges. su and sudo are two ways; you can even set > sudo to no prompt for a password for things you do often. > > However, you should have full access if you change your user's uid to 0. > > As that point though, your user and root are mostly the same account. You > might as well just always login as root. You can change the name of the > root account fairly easily, by edit /etc/passwd (and associated shadow > files). > > As for the login issue, what are you using: xdm, gdm, kdm or other? > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
