In comp.os.linux.setup Loctavius <loctavius@hotmail.com>:
> Hello,

> I've got a freshly installed linux box running Mandrake 9.1. Things
> seem to work nicely, I'm networked, Samba is functioning, life is
> good. However, when I start the box up, the only username available is
> the one account I set up during install. There is not a selection to
> log in as root. This isn't much of a problem, because I can su into
> root and get things done, but a few things, such as Netconf won't run
> unless I am actually logged in as root. Can someone tell me how to

Not really, they'll just fine work if you try (as root):

export DISPLAY=:0

And as your user from another xterm:

xhost +localhost

One out of various ways to get (x)apps working after 'su -' and
often enough unless there are other users on the system.

Good luck

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