Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:10:01 +0900 From: Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to create a user account with the same permission as "root" ? Message-ID: <1192122601.9134.3.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920710110808w4c616747k5016df40808df8d@mail.gmail.com> References: <470E0667.7080000@yahoo.com> <1192114944.8383.30.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> <bef9a7920710110808w4c616747k5016df40808df8d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 15:08 +0000, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > In my case, william is better than root. I can never login to my GNOME > > desktop through GDM by root. A root account is absolutely useless to me. > > > I use gnome and there is not a single thing I can not do with a root > account that I can't with one. > > If you mean opening GUI apps try adding the following (I am assuming > your using tcsh... if your using something else look up how to do > this): > > in ~/.cshrc add: > > xhost + > > in /root/.cshr add: > > setenv DISPLAY :0 > > When you su *ALWAYS* use the following syntax: > > su - > > *DO NOT* include any cmd arguement. Once your root you should be able > to start any GUI based app from the command line... if you don't know > what the command line is left click on the menu/icon and go to > properties... if it requires arguements look it up in the man page or > the GNOME help for it. Oh... amazing... Thanks................ and really thanks... and really... Your the guidance has been useful and is greatly appreciated. -- Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> "You blaspheme. Resign yourself." -- Vito Corleone, "Chapter 1", page 47
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