Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:46:56 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com> Subject: Re: newb questions Message-ID: <200811191446.56699.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <20081119133506.GA87794@icarus.home.lan> References: <200811190816.37009.ale@pcartwright.com> <20081119133506.GA87794@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wednesday 19 November 2008 14:35:06 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > > 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I > > installed gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change > > that? > > Change .xinitrc. http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html > > 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the > > answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? > > Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? > > I can't answer question #1. > > As for #2, you need to add your username to the "wheel" group in > /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the > changes to take effect) And you can't do this in ssh unless you enabled root logins, obvious chicken and egg. Will need to do this with a local root login. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.
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