On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 15:08 +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> > In my case, william is better than root. I can never login to my GNOME
> > desktop through GDM by root. A root account is absolutely useless to me.
>
>
> I use gnome and there is not a single thing I can not do with a root
> account that I can't with one.
>
> If you mean opening GUI apps try adding the following (I am assuming
> your using tcsh... if your using something else look up how to do
> this):
>
> in ~/.cshrc add:
>
> xhost +
>
> in /root/.cshr add:
>
> setenv DISPLAY :0
>
> When you su *ALWAYS* use the following syntax:
>
> su -
>
> *DO NOT* include any cmd arguement. Once your root you should be able
> to start any GUI based app from the command line... if you don't know
> what the command line is left click on the menu/icon and go to
> properties... if it requires arguements look it up in the man page or
> the GNOME help for it.
Oh... amazing...
Thanks................ and really thanks... and really...
Your the guidance has been useful and is greatly appreciated.
--
Byung-Hee HWANG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"You blaspheme. Resign yourself."
-- Vito Corleone, "Chapter 1", page 47
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