Re: Adding launcher to menu

[David Green <DavidGreen waldenweb com>]

Go to where you login and type root as the user name and your root pasword. Then you can make the changes you need.

On Thursday 25 October 2001 11:39 am, Rick Horowitz wrote:
> ok, that makes sense, but how do I login as root in
> Gnome?  (sorry, Linux newbie here).  When I installed
> RH7.1, I created one user - "rick".  I just tried the
> following sequence. Logged out from my non-root login
> (from Gnome), then tried logging in as user "rick"
> with password == the root password. I get
> "Authentication failed" when I do so.
>
> Some more help please?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rick
>
> --- David Green <DavidGreen waldenweb com> wrote:
> > You need to be login as root. Then, you can make the
> > changes.
> >
> > On Wednesday 24 October 2001 05:30 pm, you wrote:
> > > Hi, sorry if this is obvious but I'm a new user
> >
> > and
> >
> > > can't figure it out and can't find it answered in
> >
> > the
> >
> > > archives.
> > >
> > > I'm running RH 7.1 with Gnome and want to add
> > > launchers to the Programs/Applications menu. When
> >
> > I
> >
> > > right click on "Applications" at the top of the
> >
> > menu
> >
> > > list I get the context menu, but the "Add new item
> >
> > to
> >
> > > this menu" and "Properties" items are grayed out.
> >
> > I am
> >
> > > able to add a launcher to the panel just fine.
> > >
> > > Help please?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Rick Horowitz
> > >
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