On 2021-02-01 04:46, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have just installed Debian 10.7 to my Lenovo T510 Thinkpad having
copied debian-10.7.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso to a flash drive [the machine is
intentionally isolated from the internet].
When logging in as user, everything appears normal.
*HOWEVER* when logged in as "root" the desktop *DOES NOT*:
1. display a folder titled "root's Home"
2. display icons for files in /root/Desktop
3. display icons for file systems mounted when plugging in a flash
drive [although Caja properly shows them to be in /media/root]
Any ideas? Is this a known bug?
So, you are logging in as root using the graphical desktop manager and
arriving at a graphical desktop? Most people recommend against that.
It would not surprise me that some software refuses to run as root, as a
security feature.
Instead, I use Terminal, su(1) to root, and add my public key to root's
authorized_keys file. Once I've done that, I can use ssh-agent(1) and
ssh-add(1), enter my passphrase once, and then use ssh(1) to log in to
any account on any networked machine that has my public key.
"SSH Mastery" by Lucas [1] is a worthwhile investment.
David
[1] https://mwl.io/nonfiction/tools#ssh
