Creating user in linux with the same or less privilage as root

Tereno · 12-01-2004, 09:53 PM

hmm..i have a problem loggin in as root in KDE..i'm running Suse Linux...and it just goes straight into YAST whenever i type root and password in the login screen..however i don't have any problems loggin in using the shell terminal...and there are no options whatsoever to choose where do i want to login when i login as root..

XavierP · 12-02-2004, 04:31 AM

Tereno, I have split your post off into it's own thread as it doesn't really form part of the other thread.

Tereno · 12-02-2004, 06:28 AM

alright..thank you..hmm..but no one has replied?..

reddazz · 12-02-2004, 06:36 AM

Why would you want to login to KDE as root? It is really dangerous to do that because if someone hacks into your system, they can do a lot of irreversible damage. You can do any system administration work as a normal user. I haven't used Suse 9.2 yet, but Suse Enterprise Server behaves in the way that you mentioned because root is only supposed to login just to do quick administration work, but not run a full gui environment like KDE.