Boot as 'root' instead of 'dsl'

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Boot as 'root' instead of 'dsl'
started by: Gregus

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Posted by Gregus on Jan. 18 2005,14:32

I am using a remastered version of the LiveCD running on a CompactFlash drive setup as a HD.  I need the system to boot and login as root (instead of dsl) before running X - how can I do this?

Greg

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Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 18 2005,18:55

use the boot option 'dsl 2'

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Posted by henk1955 on Jan. 18 2005,20:19

this is the "mainloop" of dsl
/.bash_profile

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#!/bin/bash RUNLEVEL=`runlevel|cut -f2 -d' '` if [ $RUNLEVEL -eq 5 ] then   export HOME=/home/dsl   cd $HOME   while [ 1 ]; do      su - dsl   done fi

this is /home/dsl/.bash_profile

Code Sample

#!/bin/bash export IRCNICK=DSL SSH=`env | grep SSH_CONNECTION` if [ -z "$SSH" ]; then startx; fi

i think if you change: su - dsl
to: startx
you run X as root user

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Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 18 2005,23:00

hey....that's some good info.  Thanks!

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Posted by Gregus on Jan. 19 2005,22:15

Thanks again henk1955.. changed su - dsl to startx and it does just what I wanted..  perfect

Greg

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