On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:28:27 +0100
"Dr A. J. Trickett" <adam.trickett@???> wrote:
> > I was only wondering if the KDE people had removed the 'root'
> > options as Ubuntu doesn't have the concept of doing things as root
> > - hence 'ubuntized'
>
> That's not strictly true. I run stock Debian and almost never logon
> as root, I always use sudo. I know plenty of Ubuntu and Mac OSX
> people logon as root all the time, even though the root account is
> "inactive" by default.
I got used to the idea of doing things as root right from the start of
using Linux (10 or 12 years ago) and since almost the first thing
Debian does on installation (slight exaggeration I know) is set up a
root password with the user name/password a long way down the list I
still do things the way I am used to.
Until ubuntu came on the scene I hardly knew of the existence of sudo
and cannot see any need for me to use it
> > > To create a new "Root Konsole" you probably need to create a new
> > > Konsole profile that executes the correct command. I've done this
> > > for SSH sessions but I don't use a root konsole so I've not done
> > > that.
> >
> > I have also tried Konsole profiles but to no avail, probably 'cos I
> > don't understand what it wants
>
> I think Stephen Rowles answer in the list further down is what you
> want.
I have got a root tab working thanks to Stephen but still can't work out
the 'spell' to get a root mc tab based on the command:
/bin/bash -c "su -"
that he suggested. I really struggle with simple things like this as I
know practically zilch about programming of any sort, I'd probably even
struggle with html these days.
--
John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop
