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snorkel

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Registered: 2004-02-11

Posts: 44

I want to run KDE as root?

It seems that I can't run KDE 3.2 as root.
Anyone know how I can do this?

I like being able to run KDE as root, because I like the GUI environment for setting up new users etc.

I could do this in Gentoo.

Also I don't run it as root all the time, and yes I know about the security risks involved, but it's on my home PC, and it's what I want to do.

When I run startx from root it complains it can't find startkde.

Thanks,

Snorkel

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

Posts: 5,896

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Re: I want to run KDE as root?

Well you can run as root when you log in (KDM)

It is not a good idea to run as root all the time....but then its your system you can do what you want...

Have you got

exec startkde

In your .xinitrc file ?

Mr Green

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Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 1,797

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Re: I want to run KDE as root?

Aro you logging in as root, or just doing an 'su'?  If you're just doing an 'su', try 'su -'.  That will make it a login prompt, instead of a just changing the uid.

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