[QCLUG] I'm Getting Back On The Horse

[Mark Riedesel]

That's understandable. If you need to launch a file manager like
Konqueror or Dolphin with root permissions, you can use kdesudo to
start them (it pops up a little dialog which asks for your password).

for example:
kdesudo dolphin

You could make a desktop shortcut for it or something if you'd like,
that might make life a little easier.

Otherwise, if you look on the K-Menu under System there should be a
"File Manager - Super User Mode", that's essentially the same thing.

Congrats on the re-install :)

Mark

On Feb 18, 2008 4:38 PM, Robert Jones <robert@rm-jones.com> wrote:
> 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
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