From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 20:06:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A119C16A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:06:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E314643D45 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:06:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 14405 invoked by uid 89); 24 Feb 2006 07:06:46 +1100 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 14304, pid: 14331, t: 3.1118s scanners: clamav: 0.87/m:34/d:1169 spam: 3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on luke.segpub.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.34?) (213.202.147.134) by 0 with SMTP; 24 Feb 2006 07:06:42 +1100 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <6D91A68E-FB34-4F20-BBED-FF41C4DDA786@redry.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: eoghan Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:06:40 +0000 To: Jeremy Messenger X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:06:47 -0000 On 23 Feb 2006, at 19:57, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > Without GNOME, you can't edit user/group/time w/out have root > access. Therefore, it is same as in GNOME, you have to fill out > your root password to have the access to do the stuff. > > As for your sentence, "I was never asked for any password"; it > sounds like you were login as in root account. > > Cheers, > Mezz I login as root to freebsd. startx to load gnome. When i try access these areas i get that message... I can access networking, but nothing else in administration... any ideas? where do i input my password?