ROOT LOGIN NOT ALLOWED?

[henriQ]

Greetings,

I am an ignoramus-newbe new-user. I installed KDE SALIX version and duly ascribed user and password as well as
a there requested password for root.

After instalation i tryed to fetch some documents folder i keep in a separate fat partition and was immediately informed
that only root could perform such a mellindrous operation.
Nevermind: i left and switched user to "root" placing the concerned password -- and this not acceptable i was learned.
I rebooted the rigg and placed in darkstar box: root + correct password -- only to be presented a beautiful yellowish
box bearing a big traffic sign of "sundry perils here", subtittled by the info: «Login by root is not allowed».

So i dare to ask. how can i execute the above described operation if its NOW only a root priviledge -- and i can not enter the OS as promoted ROOT: i'm working within XFCE SALIX 13.37 and none of these finnickies was necessary: Immediately after installation i was granted access to the referred partition, as well as all the other partitions in my large HD.
I would appreciate some adequate simple advise (remeber my previously announced 'status'), as per how can i workaround this ludicrous scene.
Meanwhile, accept my sincere thanks, with kind regards,
henriQ

[mimosa]

Try installing gmountman (if it isn't already) and mounting the partition with that. During installation, did you ask for the partition to be mounted somewhere specific?

Regarding "working as root", most experienced users feel it is best avoided in a graphical environment (because of the danger of making an expensive mistake) as well as unnecessary. You might well say being root on the command line is just as dangerous, but the different context is a reminder to weigh every keystroke - especially 'Enter'.

In this case, something isn't working as it should, and it would ideally be better to fix the problem rather than just pulling rank on it with root. Having said that, you could do just that from the command line ...

If you're still stuck, it might be a helpful starting-point to mount hte offending partition and post the output of mount here. That is (please excuse me if I'm telling you things you already know) open a terminal and type

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$mount

where the $ is just the prompt (you don't need to type it) showing you don't have root privileges. Then paste the output here. Also, try moving to the directory and listing the contents:

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$cd /path/to/mounted/partition/directory
$ls -l

which will show the file permissions.

[Tideflat]

Try using 'su' in the command line, to switch to the root user after longing in as a normal user. On some systems root can not be logged into directly but must be logged into after logging into some other user.

[thenktor]

Press Alt+F2 and enter kdesu dolphin if you want to launch a root file manager in KDE.