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  1. 11-19-2006 #1
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    Ok, so I need to log in as root to find this file at /etc/inittab and edit some lines. How do I log in as root? At the command prompt I logged in as root and did the "startx" thing, but then when I got to the terminal program, it said I didn't have permission to do what I wanted to do. So, how do I do it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by aciesler
    Ok, so I need to log in as root to find this file at /etc/inittab and edit some lines. How do I log in as root? At the command prompt I logged in as root and did the "startx" thing, but then when I got to the terminal program, it said I didn't have permission to do what I wanted to do. So, how do I do it?
    From prompt type su then vi
    /etc/inittab
    That should work
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    after loading GUI ( startx ), open terminal/konsole and execute this code.
    Code:
    su -
gedit /etc/inittab
    in case, you are in command line mode, use 'vi' instead of gedit.





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