Install issue: get root login in GUI

[Christian Walther]

On 18/06/07, Harriet Severino <severino42 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having install isues and can not login as root in the GUI. I have
> to re-boot and come up in single user mode to work as root. Then when I
> need to look something up, I have to boot into regular mode, look it up
> on the web, then re-boot into single user mode. This is cumbersome to
> say the least. I need to install the jdk, and keep rebooting to check
> the doc!

By default root is not allowed to login to the GUI. So far, this is
"works as designed".
There are two options:
1. Switch to a console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+1 vor example. This will
give you a console login that doesn't reject root. Do the things you
want to do as root there.
2. Add yourself to the group "wheel". This will allow you to login *as
a normal user*, open a terminal and do a "su -". Enter the root
password, and you're done. To do this you probably need to use a
console login and edit /etc/group apropriately. :-)

HTH
Christian