At the command line, type in "su -" without the quotes. You then enter your root password, and you are given root privelages. Scott Simontis On Fri Feb 25 16:16 , 'Michael E. Crute' <mcrute_mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sent: > > > > > > >Is there a way that as my normal user (crute.michael) I can authorize >Gnome as root. What I am talking about is something like running system >tools as a regular user, you put in your root password and you can run >the tool but when the tool shuts down if "forgets" that authorization. >I would like to be able to do this with Gnome so that the file manager >can run as root until I tell it to "forget the user authorization". >Right now I have two alternatives, log in to Gnome as root or use a >command prompt neither of which I want to do. Does anyone know how to >do this? > > > >-Mike > >-- > >Michael >E. Crute > >Software Developer > >SoftGroup Development Corporation > > > >"In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" > > > > >Windows Computers manufactured by companies such as Dell, Compaq, >HP, and millions >of others are by far the most popular, with about 70 million machines >in use worldwide. >Linux fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more >numerous than >humans, and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form. -- NY >Times > > > >
