Root stuff

[Deven Phillips]

Cyberclops,

	I can save it as HTML and give it to Robert to post on the ALOHA web
site. Thanks for asking though. By the way, if anyone is interested, we
conquered IPSEC VPNs this week at Viata. If anyone would like a quick
and easy run down at the meeting for configuring FreeS/WAN for VPNs I
can go through it tonight at the meeting.

Deven

Cyberclops wrote:
> 
> By the way, do you have a print out of your 2.4 kernel firewall talk?
> 
> Deven Phillips wrote:
> >
> > George,
> >
> >         You have to give the root user permission to connect to your X server
> > by running "xhost +". In KDE you can just hit ALT-F2, and type the
> > command. Then run konqueror as root. In Mandrake (and maybe others)
> > there is an option for a SuperUser konqueror in the KDE menus as well.
> >
> > Deven Phillips, CISSP
> >
> > Cyberclops wrote:
> > >
> > > My usual luck:
> > > user:~ # konqueror
> > > konqueror: cannot connect to X server
> > >
> > > Jeff Mings wrote:
> > > >
> > > > For this kind of thing, I usually just start up the file manager
> > > > (knoqueror for me) in superuser mode.  If you don't have a shortcut,
> > > > just start up a terminal, use su -l to be come root,  and then do what
> > > > you want at the command prompt, or start up your file manager - e.g.,
> > > > konqueror.
> > > >
> > > > -Jeff
> > > >
> > > > Cyberclops wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >THe thing I would like to know how to do is set my desktop temporarily
> > > > >into a root mode when I want to do something.  I just tried "sudo," but
> > > > >don't really know how to configure it or make it work.  It it does work,
> > > > >will it change my GUI system into the same system "root" has?  Is there
> > > > >any way to toggle a "user" GUI environment into a "root" GUI
> > > > >environment?  That's the thing I would like to do most, and the thing
> > > > >that would make Linux musch more user friendly for me.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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