Dear folks I have just started to use KDE desktop and it's all been working fine, I've configured it etc, but today I needed to login as root and it wouldn't let me.

Formerly when I used Gnome I did not have this problem; can I configure kde to let me in as root?

Thanks
Greeb

I think you need to modify the settings in kdm (or gdm) to allow root login. By default Debian disallows gui root logins.

Just checked this out, the line that I had to modify is in the /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc file (well it is in this debian sid based sidux I'm using) that then you need to find the line that says "allow Root login=false" and change the false to true.

I tried just logging out then back in, but it didn't change my login page options so I logged out of the system and restarted the PC, it showed up Ok then.

So I'm presuming that it should also work for you

regards

John

There is no real reason to HAVE to login to a GUI desktop as the root user, however, there are times when I myself find it easier to. But I would STRONGLY advise not using KDE as the root user (I use Gnome if I really want a graphic desktop as root).
But if you are using the KDE login screen, to allow this, the file to alter is kdmrc
The easiest way I have found to alter that file is, login as any user that is allowed to use the su command from a terminal.
1.) open a terminal window, and navigate to the path containing the file kdmrc with the cd command.

2.) Issue the command su

3.) command kwrite kdmrc

What you are looking for is AllowRootLogin= set that to true, and save the file.
That should do it....

Well since my recent hard drive failure, it's the first time I haven't bothered to have a graphical root login i.e. I always used to get it with KDE, but since ?????? the inception of kde 3.4 (though it might have been 3.3) when it was disabled by default, I ended up changing "it" to allow.

This time I've changed it back to disabled, though I'd have thought that the only "real reason" necessary is that Greebstreebling "wants" that facility. Hell, afterall, linux _IS_ about choice, though I can see the "plus" side of your arguement.

These days I just start konqueror or whatever in "root mode", so I've found that it defeats the point of having the whole of graphical KDE available to root. I should point out that this was a habit of mine, a throw back to when I had windows - I felt more comfortable doing root stuff in a GUI, though I don't feel that because I now know how to get round it, that it's necessarily a "better" way of doing any necessary root stuff.

Hence IMO is one of those "tomaytoes/tomartoes" things!

regards

John