KDE and root

Kenja · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 27

I've installed KDE under root and when logged in as my regular user name I cant enter KDE unless I'm in root.

Is this how its supposed to be or can I change it so that my user has privledges to KDE. Once in KDE I can log in as my user but that seems to defeat the purpose of having the user name.

anthonybavuso · n00b Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 16

I think your user has to be a member of the wheel group.
At the command line:

useradd <username> -G wheel

or when logged in as root go to the menu
System>User Manager
double click on the username
click on the groups tab
check beside wheel

Kenja · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 27

yeah my user was already added to wheel and still I get

[UK]Superdude · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:18 am Post subject:

How are you starting it?
if you want to start it at boot, you need to add kdm to the default runlevel

merlinBSD · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:22 am Post subject:

U should read the desktop guide mate....

kdm HAS to be run by root, and if u use kdm u should add xdm to ur init.d in order to be able to choose another user

rc-update add xdm default

and also edit the display manger entry

nano -w /etc/rc.conf

merlinBSD · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:23 am Post subject:

looks like i was not the fastest

Kenja · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 27