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 > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list