4 Dec
2008
4 Dec
'08
12:49 p.m.
On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:05 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
When you are attempting to debug why drivers and such are not working, being root saves time which is saving money. Once things work, then I go back to 'normal'.
Yes, I often open a terminal window and su, and then 'nautilus &', but that has given me wierd behaviour. And then I want to sftp some root files over, gFTP is nice. Most things can be done without being root, and take a few hours more. I am not an expert at this stuff. My job is to work on security protocols, not OSs.
I haven't checked, but perhaps one of the other display managers (such as kdm or xdm) may allow you to login as root?
-Chris