In keeping with top posting:

I googled and found

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/4/2003/02/3/45396
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/8/2001/08/1/4927


> -----Original Message-----
> From: PHPTOm [mailto:phptom at wordesign.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 9:57 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Bastille - Root can't login to KDE
> 
> 
> Well, there are a few things that I haven't learned yet other 
> than through a
> GUI.  I have been su'ing to do certain things, but Bastille 
> has disabled
> su'ing in a gui.  I can only do it command-line.  I just want 
> to understand
> what happened and I would like to be able to.
> 
> TOm
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org
> [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Dan Rue
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 9:27 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Bastille - Root can't login to KDE
> 
> 
> Tom Wurdock wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I ran Bastille Linux to try and harden up my system.  Now I 
> can't login
> > to KDE as root, not can I run/view certain programs.
> 
> Why would you want to log into KDE as root in the first place?  If you
> want to do rootly things, you should go to a command line and use "su"
> or "sudo".  "man su" or "man sudo" at the command line for more
> information.
> 
> That said, i'm sure there are ways in kde to do root things in the
> control panel or whatever without actually logging in as 
> root.  doesn't
> it prompt you for a password?  I don't run KDE so I don't 
> know, but you
> shouldn't ever need to log in as root.
> 
> dan
> 
> > It is not clear to
> > me what part of the Bastille process did this.  Any help 
> appreciated.
> >
> > TOm
> 


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