Password question.

[Steven Vollom]

Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
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>> Bruce Marshall wrote:
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>>> On Monday 24 November 2008, Steven Vollom wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> Now I have a root password and don't really know where or how I can use
>>>> it. 
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>>>>         
>>> System   --->   konsole - terminal program --->   xhost +  --->   su  --->  
>>> <enter root password>
>>>
>>>
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>>>> If my user password will enter the machine at boot, if I type Root 
>>>> for user and my root password, will it work to open the machine?
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>>>>         
>>> Don't think you want to do that....   but you can try it.
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>> steven at Studio25:~$ xhost +
>> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
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> Only one call to xhost, sfter that call su, not sudo xhost.
> I.
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>   
>> steven at Studio25:~$ sudo xhost+
>> [sudo] password for steven:
>> sudo: xhost+: command not found
>> steven at Studio25:~$
>>
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>   
I am totally out of my comfort zone here.  I don't understand anything 
about what is happening.  I am drowning.

Cudos,
Steven