2009/10/30 Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > At times I find I need to login as root. You really don't. > For example, as a regular user su to root, then start gedit from that > terminal session. Look at all the errors generated. And at least in FC10, > I could still change preferences, but in FC11, they all come up grey. There > are other things in gnome that don't launch right from an SUed terminal > session. So when I want to 'fix' things, I find it better to just log in as > root. I think you need to understand the difference between "su" and "su -". But really you need to get to grips with "sudo" as a better replacement for "su". Steps I always take on a new Fedora box to make my life easier. 1/ "su -" to become root. 2/ "visudo" to edit the sudoers file. 3/ Uncomment the first line referencing the "wheel" group. 4/ Save the file. 5/ Edit "/etc/groups" to add myself to the wheel group. 6/ Exit from "su -". >From that stage on, I never need "su" again. I can do anything I want (without the errors that you're seeing) using "sudo some_command". hth, Dave... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
