Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:03:56 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Brian Camba <beesea@freewwweb.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with root Message-ID: <392D5CFC.C24A2A34@gorean.org> References: <392CD307.908859BF@freewwweb.com>
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Brian Camba wrote:
>
> i'm having two problems with the root account:
>
> 1) i can't start kde. after the login screen, the goes screen black,
> then goes back to the login screen. i've been using fvwm2, and it
> worked fine.
You really don't want to run X as root. It's a big security hole. Much
better to be a regular user and su when you need to.
> 2) this may be the cause of the first problem. i can't seem to change
> the root's shell, or any other settings.
Use vipw.
Good luck,
Doug
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