I would recommend su - (with a dash). Su alone, will give the current user roots rights and permissions, but with the users environment paths. The dash causes a new session to begin. Try an su, and see how many files will give command unknown errors, but su - will take care of that problem. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Crouch Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 12:05 AM To: harshavardhanreddy mandeepala; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: How to autologin as a superuser On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 10:31 +0530, harshavardhanreddy mandeepala wrote: > hi > I am using Linux fedora core 3. > How can i autologin as a superuser (root). > i am able to autologin as a non-root user but not as a root. > i can hande the security issues if i can autologin as a root. > so if u know the solution mail me to hvreddy11110@xxxxxxxxx > > thanks in advance. > > Regards > M.Harshavardhan Reddy > Once you have logged in as a user you can you can also log in as root (or superuser) at the terminal prompt typing: $> su It will then prompt you for your root's password and you should get another prompt symbol to denote the high right in privileges. On my system, FC3, #> You can also log in as root when your computer boots by changing the log-in name to "root" and then entering your password. Hope this helps. Cheers, Tony Crouch -- EPC Network Officer EPC Fashion Parade Technical Officer EPC Mathematics Academic UNE Student Representative RDLO/DCO Committee Phone: (02) 6773 5642 Mobile: 0414631486 Fax: (02) 6773 5308 Email: acrouch2@xxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
