DSL can't get root!

[LieToPurify3]

I had DSL installed on my old thinkpad 770z, and it was fine. Then I decided to dual boot my laptop, so I reinstalled DSL and added Xubuntu. Normally, before DSL boots into the gui, it asks you to log in with one of the users you created during the install (usually one user and root). However, ever since I reinstalled it, it boots right into the gui and never asks me to log in. I don't have any root privileges, so it must boot me into some guest account. How can i change this to be able to log into my user and superuser accounts? I'm pretty new to Linux, so please dumb it down haha. Thank you

[RobinVossen]

Ok, load another linux /live cd will be fine.
Chroot to your harddrive
run:
passwd root
and
adduser <Name>
And you should be fine

[LieToPurify3]

when i installed dsl to the hdd, i had already made a root and user account, but i also did what you said just to make sure they were written correctly and definitely there. but it still boots straight into the dsl account as if it were a live cd. it usually pauses before the gui starts to log in

[RobinVossen]

Ah, ok give a Boot Record?
Alt + F1 normaly during boot (else try Esc and or cntrl + alt + F1)

[athlon_crazy]

Change your DSL run level if your dont want straightly go to GUI...

[LieToPurify3]

what runlevel should i change it to? i know 5 is the default, and that logs you into the dsl account, which is what mine is doing. The weird thing is that when i had dsl installed the first time, it let me log in, which according to the dsl wiki, isn't the default - and i know i didn't change the runlevel to allow me to log in manually

[athlon_crazy]

runlevel 3

[Pinguin]

I had the same problem last night. I wanted to be root to run ifconfig, and typing "su" would not work. I simply used "sudo" instead. So I typed "sudo ifconfig" and it worked.

[LieToPurify3]

how do i edit the file and what do i change exactly? i typed "nano /etc/inittab/" and got the config file opened up in my terminal. What do i need to change, since it doesn't seem that there's an obvious line that sets the default runlevel?

[athlon_crazy]

maybe this link will help you..->here