Q: easy su

[Rob Blomquist]

have you tried using KDE's Root Console? I do, and using vim, it works perfectly. I am completely with you and the sudo nonsense, and KDE's Root Console satisfies me. Just right click on the panel, choose add Applet, and find the one related to the console selector. Don't pick the single console window version, you want the one with several versions, one of which is the root window.

Rob


>>From: "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans at gmail.com>
>>Date: 2006/08/28 Mon PM 12:48:06 CDT
>>To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>Subject: Q: easy su
>
>>I get very fed up of typing my silly password all the time when I'm
>>doing admin type stuff.
>>
>>How does one get "su" to work the way it has historically done in *NIX
>>(and does work in Mdv and other distros I've tinkered with over the
>>years)?
>>
>>I have a password assigned to root, and can easily get to be the
>>super-user by typing "su" and the root password. But once I am root I
>>can't edit anything, because when I try to run emacs, here's what
>>happens:
>>
>>-----
>>
>>[H:~] su
>>Password:
>>root at homebrew:/home/n7dr# emacs
>>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>>Xlib: No protocol specified
>>
>>emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
>>Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
>>Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
>>connections from your machine.
>>
>>root at homebrew:/home/n7dr#
>>
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>>
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Rob Blomquist
Mountlake Terrace, WA