Wouter.Lamee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > "If it is someone else ask him" - that's too easy to say. What if > there are 20 or 30 (or more) other people who can log in on that > system? I'd have to remember all their passwords. Basically, I want to > be able to get on the machine with my root password without killing X > servers, existing logins, running apps, etc. You can always press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a virtual terminal and run startx -- :1 which will start another user session (probably on Ctrl-Alt-F8 or F9, depending on how you have things configured). Stuff like sound and USB sticks won't necessarily work unless you change permissions, but most things are fine. Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | His Mind Raced...unfortunately, it did not race @westexe.demon.co.uk | particularly well, and failed to even place at the | Cerebral Derby. | -- http://www.deviantart.com/view/27304494/