root login issue in KDE4

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pigling

Hi all,
I am new to FreeBSD and install a virtual machine image for FreeBSD 8 on VMWare Player 3 on a Windows XP PC. I follow the instruction on How to install and configure a FreeBSD 8 Desktop with Xorg and KDE?. I install Xorg and KDE4 successfully on virtual machine. I create a normal account "pigling" and a root account. Following above link, I make a GUI auto login for my normal account. And here comes the problem.
1. I login to KDE and can't use su command. It always tell "Su: sorry" error message.
2. I can't login to KDE with my root account as it will prompt "root account can't be allowed to login" message.
3. I can't login my root account in command shell after reboot as it immediately changes to auto login screen before I can key in anything in command shell.

I try to do something in KDE login center in GUI. But I can't find where it is (can't search that in System). Now the situation is a deadlock. I need root privilege to do change but KDE doesn't let me login as root or use su command in KDE. I can only use it as a normal account. How could I solve this issue? Thanks.

regards,
pigling
 
just check again. My normal account not in "wheel" group or operator group. So now I lost last chance to give my normal account the privilege for su command. How can I disable KDE auto login without root privilege? The last way is to re-install the whole image, isn't it?
 
Go to the site that you listed. Go to step 6 (enable kdm). Depending on if you enabled it the "new" way or the "old" way here are the steps.

New way
Code: 
ee /etc/rc.conf
remove the local_startup="${local_startup} /usr/local/kde4/etc/rc.d line. Also remove the kdm4_enable="YES from here.

Old way
Code: 
ee /etc/ttys
scroll down to the line that you changed to "ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/kde4/bin/kdm" xterm on secure" and change it to ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/kde4/bin/kdm" xterm off secure"
 
Hi xguru,
Thanks for your kindly help. I tried your suggestion but it can't allow me to save the change. The problem is that I have no su privilege in normal user.
 
phoenix said:
CTRL+ALT+F1 will take you to a console where you can login as root and make the required changes.
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Seems it doesn't work for me in VMware player 3. Thanks.
 
Nothing else to do but to boot in single user mode. Then:
Code: 
fsck -y
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
swapon -a

Now edit /etc/rc.conf and remove the kdm4_enable.

Add yourself to wheel:
# pw group mod wheel -m username

Or install and configure security/sudo.
 
SirDice said:
Nothing else to do but to boot in single user mode. Then:
Code: 
fsck -y
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
swapon -a

Now edit /etc/rc.conf and remove the kdm4_enable.

Add yourself to wheel:
# pw group mod wheel -m username

Or install and configure security/sudo.
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I can't even enter into command shell mode before auto KDE login screen.
 
SirDice said:
Nothing else to do but to boot in single user mode. Then:
Code: 
fsck -y
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
swapon -a

Now edit /etc/rc.conf and remove the kdm4_enable.

Add yourself to wheel:
# pw group mod wheel -m username

Or install and configure security/sudo.
Click to expand...

sorry for previous post. It works for me. Thanks.
 
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