[QCLUG] I'm Getting Back On The Horse

[Robert Jones]

I don't know how to use the command line well enough to do many of the 
things I need to do so I want to use the normal mode.  Think that is 
called a GUI?  Anyway, sometimes I just can't figure out how to do it 
any other way so I log in as Root and do what I need and then get back 
out.  I suspect that "sudo -s" or "sudo su" will only allow me to stay 
as root as long as I stay in the terminal.  Is there any way to use the 
GUI as Root without logging in as Root?

I'll read your reply from Kubuntu :-) .  I have moved everything off my 
data drives and formatted them as ext3 and just wanted to check my 
e-mail one last time before I install Kubuntu.  I'm putting it in it's 
own box instead of making poor old R2-D2 share with him.  The computer 
he is taking over is named Tiger.  This is probably the first time in 
history that a Penguin Killed A Tiger :-) .

Thanks for the information.
Bob Jones

Mark Riedesel wrote:
> Ohhhhhh.. You're logging into Gnome (or KDE) as root..There's a reason
> that's disabled by default. Is there a reason you're doing that?
> There's usually a better way to accomplish whatever it is you're doing
> without logging into an entire X session as root.
>
> Mark