Stupid sudo question

[hirez]

I used the sudo psswd command to enable root. I wanted to delete the "previous system" folder after a Jaguar install because it was using 2 gigs of space and I didn't need it.

Do I now have to turn root off somehow? I don't want to be logged in as root all the time.

Also, I remember at some point that the login screen contained the name and icon for each user account along with a "other user" icon. I preferred that set up to the form fields for log in name and password. Anyone know how to turn that on? I can't figure out how to get that back. I can get back to the user names with icons but the other user is no longer there.

Thanks

 

[uoba]

If you used just:

sudo followed by the command (probably rm -r in your case) then this only issues root access per command, so don't worry.

If you used:

sudo -s then this logs you in to root for as long as you have the terminal open.

If you need to ask these types of questions about sudo, then I would suggest you read up about it before you use it (Especially if you are deleting large folders with systems on!)

As for the log-in screen, I think the prefs you want are in System Prefs>Accounts>Log-in Options.