Subject: RE: Perhaps a silly question but...
From: Rob Wilson (rookie@pop.mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Mar 25 2001 - 17:56:55 MST
>On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Timothy Morgenthaler wrote:
>
>> type init 5, and this will bring you to a login screen. Once your in Gnome,
>> I recommend going into linuxconf and changing the default boot to graphic &
>> network. You will need to be logged on as root to do so.
>
> Aside from my previous answer, I personally don't recommend run
> level 5. A graphical login just isn't sufficiently compelling
> and not having it provides for more of a fail-safe way to log
> in.
>
> - Paul
I would say that root should never login to a graphical session. If
you want, create another user that logs into a command line session,
and switch to root in that.
Rob
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