[ale] FC13 question

[Drifter]

Thanks, this seems to work.
But you have to admire the warning label that pops up before the GUI 
actually appears on the screen:

"You are currently trying to run as Root super user. The superuser is a 
specialized account that is not designed to run a normal user session. 
Various programs will not function properly and actions performed under 
this account can cause unrecoverable damage to the operating system."

No hint, of course, as to what sorts of programs can cause the damage.

Sean

On Friday, July 30, 2010 06:13:33 pm William Fragakis wrote:
> http://blog.ask4itsolutions.com/2010/04/23/login-as-a-root-from-gui-fed
> ora-13/
> 
> Did this a couple of days ago.
> 
> Use at your own risk, owner assumes all liabilites, etc. etc.
> 
> On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 17:32 -0400, Drifter wrote:
> > There are times when I need to to things as root that are -- for me
> > -- much easier to do using the GUI aps rather than the command line.
> > Years ago on a Red Hat install, root actually had a directory in
> > /home and I could log into the system as root and have the GUI.
> > 
> > This FC13 install doesn't provide that feature. I can create, as
> > root, a directory in /home. That's easy enough.  But what do I have
> > to do so that I can log in as root directly just as I log into my
> > regular user account? If I try to log in as root now, the system
> > just laughs at me.
> > 
> > Clearly I am missing several steps in the process.
> > 
> > Sean
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