Mandrake and root logins
Posted Apr 2, 2004 5:47 UTC (Fri) by
Duncan (guest, #6647)
In reply to:
Lindows policy by hingo
Parent article:
Utah's anti-spyware law
> [H]ave you ever tried to log in as root in Mandrake?
> [I]t's not easy, since root is not an option in the kdm login screen.
I'm a Mandrake user, and never had an issue logging in as root.
Of course, I very quickly set my system to boot level 3 text consoles, instead of level 5
DM, as well (yes, even as a beginner, as I'd asked for recommendations on some good
Linux books and read O'Reilly's "Running Linux" when I decided to do more than play
with Linux as a toy, which was about time MSWormOS came out with eXPrivacy..
talking about spyware.. and was compiling my own kernels even before I'd found
suitable mail and news clients in Linux, and was therefore still booting MSWormOS to
run OE!), and invoked KDE, my desktop of choice, from a logged-in user at the console.
However, I seldom log into an X session as root. I think the last time I did it was to
check what I suspected was permission issues, as I couldn't log in as a normal user. It
turned out I was right, but as soon as I'd had it confirmed by successfully logging in as
root, I logged back out, to complete the rest of my trouble shooting and fixing at the
console or with the good old mc.
I do, BTW, think Mandrake's policy is about right. Anyone not at home at the command
line NEEDS a DIRE warning if they somehow get an X session as root!
Duncan
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