console as root-user

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 21:55:09 -0400,
  Guillermo Garron <ggarron at alketech.com> wrote:
> Hi,

Please don't reply to messages to start new threads. This messes up the 
archives and can make it hgarder for people to see your question.

> As you may have noticed, when you start a console as non-root user and 
> then you switch to root with "su" command, you are still unable to 
> execute a lot of commands, as "ntsysv" or "iptables" i think could 
> because of selinux, but anyway in the computer i have i start a Konsole 
> (KDE) as root and problem solved.

Most likely those programs aren't in your path. Try using "su -" to switch
to root.

> 
> I have another PC only with Gnome, how do i start a console as root 
> directly without switching users?
> 
> i had to use this "trick"
> ssh -l root 127.0.0.1 to have access to all the commands.
> 
> help me please.
> 
> greetings,
> 
> Guillermo Garron
> 
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