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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 20:26:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Larry Librettez <lipshitz909@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Neither aterm, eterm, nor rxvt can su to root in 4.3-RC2
To: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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Yes, the login.conf is the standard, unadulterated one
and it has been cap_mkdb'd as well.  I will try a
different Window manager (currently using GNOME with
Sawfish 0.38) and see if I get the same problems.

Thanks for your input.

     Larry

--- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:42:04AM -0700, Larry
> Librettez wrote:
> > With 4.3-RC2, I cannot su to root in X using
> either
> > aterm, eterm, or rxvt terminals.  However, in
> xterm or
> > gnome-terminal or at a plain console, I am able to
> do
> > so.  (This was not a problem with 4.2-STABLE where
> I
> > could su to root in any type of terminal in X.)
> > 
> > The problem occurs in both KDE and GNOME.
> 
> I'm running:
> 
>     jonc-~,9:59am> uname -v
>     FreeBSD 4.3-RC #0: Fri Apr  6 09:01:11 NZST 2001
>     root@jonc.itouch:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JONC 
> 
> With enlightenment, it appears to work fine under
> xterm and eterm. Have
> you tried *not* using KDE/GNOME, and using the
> windowmanager directly?
> Is your login.conf standard? cap_mkdb'd?
> 
> Cheers.
> -- 
> Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
>
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