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Distribution: Mandrake 9.1, 10.1, SuSE 8.1 pro, 10.1, Red Hat 8.0/9.0
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Login as root
Hello All,
Im running Mandrake 10.1 and I trying to get the login screen that comes up when you boot up to give me the option to log in as root. I just get the user I created during the install...
when you installed mandrake you named the root and a password for root in the box just clear the name and type in the root name then the root password and you can log in as root or you can log in as a user and open a terminal and type su then hit enter then type in root password once that is done then you can type in konwueror ./ and this will open a browser as root and you can do what you need too hope this helps
it is generally a BAD idea to login as root with GUI. you can access everything through controlcenter and as root on the commandline.
you could try to disable autologin at boot. if this doesn't help, deactivate X at boot through control center, and login as root on commandline, then start X manually.
As mentioned by others, direct logins as root are not really recommended. Why not login as a normal user and then do whatever you need to do by temporarily switching to root using "su".
Menu -> System -> Configuration -> Configure your desktop -> System -> Login Manager -> Users tab
Click the "Administrator Mode" button.
Uncheck the box next to "root".
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