Randy Chrismon wrote: > Sorry, should have been clearer. The System Tools are the ones off the > KDE or Gnome menu -- you know, clicking on the Red Hat button. Included > are the Network Device Control, Printing Configuration, things like > that. Of course, I can start many of them by going to su and typing the > command at the shell prompt but it was far more convenient to click on > the menu item and be prompted for the su password. > Thanks. > Randy > Network Device Control from the 'System Tools' menu does not ask for the password, so you're essentially loading it just as a user, whereas if you go to 'System Settings' and load 'Network' then it asks for the password and you can use it as root. Sharon. -- 17:16:49 up 3 days, 2:55, 1 user, load average: 1.40, 1.29, 1.23 Linux is like a wigwam, no windows, no gates, apache inside. Fedora Core 3, KDE 3.3.1-2.2, OpenOffice 1.1.3 Registered Linux user 334501
