[linux-help] Re: Beginner question

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Either Ctrl-Alt-F1, then log in as root, or perhaps easier, when logged into
a shell prompt in KDE, type 'su -'.  It will then ask for your root
password.

-- Jonathan


On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 10:44:03AM -0500, J.D. McNolty wrote:
> 
> How can I login as root???
> I've just installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 when it boots it boots to the 
> GNOME Desktop manager
> where I cannot login as root.
> So I login as a user and go to KDE.
> How can I login as root so I can edit files to fix some things???
> 
> J.D. McNolty
> 
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