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installed KDE 4
added kdm to rc.conf
wanna configure it
no admin mode button in the control panel
dont know the name of app to run with su
lets login as root and goto control panel
kdm blocks root acess
lets kill kdm and startx as root
yay i configured kdm
is there any shorter way ?
Last edited by 11010010110 (2008-11-24 09:26:46)
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if i understand your question, you can hit alt + f2 and type kdesu systemsettings. this will give you root access to kdm
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I've noticed the same bug in KDE4. You can do what speed145a suggested and the window will show up after a long delay. Alternatively, you can switch to root (su) in a console and edit the KDE configuration file directly: "nano /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc"
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You can also launch the system settings kde control modules individually. For the kdm one, type
$ sudo kcmshell4 kdm
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thanks
and . . how can i make kdm allow root to log in to KDE ?
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thanks
and . . how can i make kdm allow root to log in to KDE ?
Just don't! You don't need it and it's a security nightmare. If you want to start apps as root, start the from konsole or using the KRunner method (Alt+F2, then kdesu <program name>).
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if i can control myself to not write rm -rf / then i can control myself to not drag / to the recycle bin
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Heh. You are talking about accidentally deleting files on your desktop. Cute. Think about erroneously doing "ls > /dev/hda1". These things are the main reason for many distributions to (rightly) have shifted to using sudo per default.
However, by security nightmare I do not mean this. I was thinking about network security and related issues. I am sure that using X as root will expose you to more issues that you'd like. Really don't do it.
If you need to do it (and you don't thanks to kdesu and similar apps), edit /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and change
AllowRootLogin=false
to true.
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I second mutlu_inek.
Don't log into X as root. Ever. Ever.
There is NO reason that I could possibly think of. If you need a specific app as root then use kdesu or gksu, or just run it from the CLI as root.
But you never need a whole X session in root. It is a very, very foolish thing to do.
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i really dont see why. i trust X and KDE to not mke2fs my drives on their own decision
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Yeah, but do you trust everyone with potential network access (read: EVERYONE) that can get into your X server (easier than you think) to have complete root access?
And actually I don't trust X and KDE not to mke2fs my drives.
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then what prevents him from getting in there when i am normal user and deleting stuff from my home ? that'd be harder to recover than screwed or deleted OS. and if thats true why should'nt i just use windows ? i thought linux is more secure
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Not needing to use the root account like that is one of the reasons it is more secure. You are looking at it from a Windows user point of view. You want all power, all the time. Instead of give me what power I need, when I need it.
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i think the current discussion needs a thread of its own. here it is
Last edited by 11010010110 (2008-11-24 09:47:33)
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