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mandrake log on as admin
Name: harry Date: December 6, 2003 at 12:33:23 Pacific OS: mandrake 9.2 CPU/Ram: PIII 667 128mb
Comment:
I am quite new to linux. I would like to setup an intranet. I am unable to change setting when I log on with my user account. How can I log on to KDE with my admin account?
Also any quick advice/suggestions or tips to easily setup mandrake to operate as an intranet?
Name: estatik Date: December 6, 2003 at 13:50:49 Pacific
Reply:
First let me just say that it is a bad idea to log in as 'root'.
You can also 'su' or 'sudo' to do what you need to do.
That being said (and I'm sure there are many who use *nix that will concur that), if you really want to log into a gui as 'root', as 'user', open up control center->system->login manager and log in as 'root' from the administrator mode button. Go to users tab and unselect root in select users window. Log out, then log back in.
Now your box is completely free of those "annoying and pesky permission restrictions"! Who needs windoze?!?
estatik
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Response Number 2
Name: harry Date: December 6, 2003 at 14:29:13 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks a bunch!
Next question is how can I get my "intranet" so that I only have to type the computer name instead of its IP?
ie. http://manny/user not 192.168.0.191/user
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Response Number 3
Name: Guy Date: December 6, 2003 at 17:12:48 Pacific
Reply:
In /etc/hosts add the line:
192.168.0.191 manny
Regards, Guy
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Response Number 4
Name: harry Date: December 6, 2003 at 21:02:26 Pacific
Reply:
How can I do this from the KDE interface?
or
How do I do this having never touched a line of linux code before?
thanks
Harry
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Response Number 5
Name: 3Dave Date: December 8, 2003 at 02:29:18 Pacific
Reply:
Get used to a text editor. About 99% of linux config files are in plain text. To start with you can use either kedit or gedit when in a graphical environment or mcedit if in text mode. They are all simple editors that should be easy to use. I would suggest that you learn one of the main *nix editors; vi or emacs. They can be daunting to start with but are found on nearly all *nix systems.
You should be able to start one of the editors by either selecting it from the main graphical menu or by starting up an terminal and typing the name in.
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Response Number 6
Name: linuxxnoob Date: December 8, 2003 at 02:50:37 Pacific
Reply:
first 6 words dave said are written in stone.
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Response Number 7
Name: 3Dave Date: December 8, 2003 at 04:59:22 Pacific
Reply:
...and I bet vi was used to write them in the stone in the first place!=o)
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