Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:22:42 +0200 From: "Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> To: "Harriet Severino" <severino42@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install issue: get root login in GUI Message-ID: <14989d6e0706180722w1289526dm9be8395674f07177@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <454500.65753.qm@web38804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <454500.65753.qm@web38804.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On 18/06/07, Harriet Severino <severino42@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am having install isues and can not login as root in the GUI. I have > to re-boot and come up in single user mode to work as root. Then when I > need to look something up, I have to boot into regular mode, look it up > on the web, then re-boot into single user mode. This is cumbersome to > say the least. I need to install the jdk, and keep rebooting to check > the doc! By default root is not allowed to login to the GUI. So far, this is "works as designed". There are two options: 1. Switch to a console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+1 vor example. This will give you a console login that doesn't reject root. Do the things you want to do as root there. 2. Add yourself to the group "wheel". This will allow you to login *as a normal user*, open a terminal and do a "su -". Enter the root password, and you're done. To do this you probably need to use a console login and edit /etc/group apropriately. :-) HTH Christian
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