How do you log on to root in Mandrake 10.0 community edition?

How do you log on to root in Mandrake 10.0 community edition?
I have tried going on to a nographical destop login on and typing startx but an error messege comes up
When you look at the graphical logon it does not have an opption of root.

hi,
i use official, but i think community should be the same in that you can go to either 'configure my computer' or 'configure my desktop,' then search for something like 'login manager,' then you can "unhide" root on the login screen.
good luck.

ps: does "stamford" have anything to do with "stamford bridge," chelsea's stadium?

Stamford is a fair deal north of London. The chelsea football ground is named after a battle at stamford bridge where the then King Harold defeated Harold Hardrada's vikings.

if you can't unhide root, you can use kde's login (i think it's kdm). it won't show root, but you can type it in as the login. otherwise su for most everything.

you can also crtl+alt+f1 , login as root and startx.

rgiggs is correct. Go to SYSTEM / CONFIGURATION / CONFIGURE YOUR DESKTOP / SYSTEM / LOGIN MANAGER

You will have to login as root using ADMINISTRATOR MODE. Select the tab USERS and uncheck the user ROOT. Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Stamford is a small town near Peterborough in England it is not related Stamford bridge (or i don't think it is)

Originally Posted by jxk7581 rgiggs is correct. Go to SYSTEM / CONFIGURATION / CONFIGURE YOUR DESKTOP / SYSTEM / LOGIN MANAGER You will have to login as root using ADMINISTRATOR MODE. Select the tab USERS and uncheck the user ROOT. Hope this helps.

Sorry tried everything to get into root, unchecking root and @root doesn't get me into root.

When I attempt to log into root, gui pops up "cannot log on as root"

Also su doesn't work either I tried installing firefox using su I can't get it to install "access denied must install as root".

And forget updating java same thing access denied.

Guess I got to go back to SuSE, least I can create root logon.

Ok ctrl alt f1 gets me to root command line prompt. How do I get to the gui KDE to come up I'm no good at high level command line stuff.

Towit I can't figure out how to read the install instructions for firefox and java from the command line even if I could find them from the command line.

If you search LQ Mandriva posts you may find the following information:

Go to "ETC/KDE/KDM" open the file KDMRC and change (Allowrootlogin=false) to (Allowrootlogin=true)

If you feel you must make this change, Log in as a regular user. Open a terminal window. Type su followed by the Enter key. Your root password will then be required. Type it in followed by the Enter key. Enter the following command to open the File Manager:

konqueror -profile filemanagement

Note: This File Manager session is running as a root session. Be careful! Navigate to /etc/kde/kdm Open /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc with the text editor of your choice. You can use kwrite, kedit, or kate. They will all work OK. Edit the line

Allowrootlogin=false

to read

Allowrootlogin=true

This should make it possible to log in as root in a KDE session.

Having provided these diredtions, I feel the need to question the wisdom of logging in as root to a GUI session. If all you want to do is install Firefox, why not use a Mandriva RPM package? Then you can direct the KDE filemanager to open the file with the software installer. The software installer will ask your root password, then install the package. You can also get the java runtime or SDK in an rpm file from SUN. All you have to do is make the package you download executable with:

chmod +x JavaPackageName

then execute the archive with:

./JavaPackageName

then install the rpm as previously directed.

It may seem more dificult to work wothout logging in as root to do things, but it is much safer, and when you consider the time and effort required to log out then in as root, do admin stuff, log out then in as regular user, it may well be faster.

Please do not misunderstand me. You are free to work as root if that is how you want to run your system. My only objective here is to make sure you understand that doing so weakens your systems security, making it more vulnerable to attack.

HTH,

Why? You don't need to log onto X as root. Have fun with Suse.

That would all be worth while if Mandriva let me set up a root during install. I don't have a password for root. I tried installing Mandriva twice and there is no place in the install to set up a root pw. Quess I'll have to go to library to print instructions out for install of java and firefox and do it from command line.

I am good at taking command line instructions and doing it in gui. But linux has all those goofy character to use like period, dash, double dash, back slash or forward slash and the attribute characters, that gui doesn't use. A heck of alot less typing for me to do. One misstake and you got to type it all over again. No dos key here.

Well when in root I unplug the LAN cable and have no connection to anything else whatsoever. Maybe I should put an aluminum hat over my box to protect it from cell phone and satellite intrusion.
Thanks agian for the info.
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Ok well that solves that question I had root at the command line using ctrl alt f1 or su both without passwords.

Little did I know, because I used su before but that only gave me root ownership. Now off to start another thread about ownership and permissions.

Thanks.

Ok well that solves that question I had root at the command line using ctrl alt f1 or su both without passwords.

Little did I know, because I used su before but that only gave me root ownership. Now off to start another thread about ownership and permissions.

Well not so, now it's asking for password geez. And all I did was post this post. Went back and tried su up came the password prompt

At least I still have root at ctrl alt f1 for now anyways.

That would all be worth while if Mandriva let me set up a root during install. I don't have a password for root. I tried installing Mandriva twice and there is no place in the install to set up a root pw.

You set up the root password just before you set up your user accounts during the Mandriva installation. IIRC, it comes just after the system is installed on the hard disk.