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Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Fri Jul 15 16:32:39 UTC 2005


Rick Stevens wrote:
> V P wrote:
> 
>> On 7/15/05, Parameshwara Bhat <pbhat66 at rediffmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> How does one open a root terminal in Gnome ? There is no entry in the
>>> menus.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Parameshwara Bhat
>>
>>
>>
>> You should find the terminal in "System Tools" under the main menu.
>> Then 'su -' and root passwd for root access.
> 
> 
> Or right-click on the background and select "Open Terminal" from the
> pop-up menu.  When it comes up, enter "su -" at the shell prompt and
> give it root's password.  Voila!

I wouldn't get too attached to this method of opening a terminal if I 
was you:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-July/msg00302.html

Paul.




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