change login screen

Roger arelem at bigpond.com
Mon Aug 24 23:22:33 UTC 2009


>
>> By default, it doesn't let you log in graphically as root.  Do you
>> really need to do that?  It's, generally, a VERY BAD idea.  The best
>> solution is, usually, to log in as yourself, then "su -" in the command
>> line to become root, and issue the commands you want.  Or run the
>> graphical tool that you want to use, through the menus, and type in the
>> root password when prompted.
>>
>>      
> This is an interesting one.
>
> I, too,  need to graphically log in as root to delete several old
> kernel and kmod directories quickly and easily as per discussions on my recent and continuing akmod problem. Doing it one file at a
> time in the numerous directories is laboroius and error prone.
>
> I can't use the GUI there is no login for handling files that I can find.
> Roger




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