Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 11:25:12 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Raf_Schietekat@ieee.org Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kdm op 4.4-R Message-ID: <3C139068.4050209@potentialtech.com> References: <3C138D81.80001@skynet.be>
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Is the user you're doing this as a member of the "wheel" group?
In FreeBSD only users who are a member of the wheel group may escalate
their rights to root with su. If you run a terminal and attempt to
su at a sh prompt, you'll get an error if you're not in the right
group. Add the user in question to the wheel group and things should
start working.
Raf Schietekat wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> (I'm new to FreeBSD, but used to run NEXTSTEP a while ago. I recently
> installed FreeBSD 4.4-R on an i386 system.)
>
> If I change /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm to /usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop, I get an
> ordinary shell with messages like (date omitted):
> "desktop init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping
> 30 secs"
> What do I have to do to get kdm running? I don't find anything in the
> provided KDE documentation.
>
> I also can't run kcontrol from a terminal after I've become root (in any
> environment), nor does Control Center>System>Login Manager>Modify>Run as
> root succeed, nor does Clock>Adjust Date & Time>Run as root
> ("Conversation with su failed.", "BAD SU rfschtkt to root on /dev/ttyp6").
>
> Help?
>
> Raf Schietekat <Raf_Schietekat@ieee.org>
>
>
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