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On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 08:48:04 +0000 Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >My wife is the only user on that > machine so she does have root rights. > I am not sure that we are on the same page! It is X that needs to run with root privileges under the 'legacy' setup; there has been a recent move to running X as a normal user, it being more secure (actually, less non-secure), but this is still being debugged and can result in the Xserver losing sight of input devices. As a normal $user, the only root rights your $wife should have is the password; this will then confer #root rights when used to $su to #root when it is impossible to do things as a normal $user or a $sudoer (e.g. IIRC clamav will not run properly if installed using $sudo), hence the explicit granting of root rights to X (and 'only' X) when launched as $user. >I have tried to SSH from my desktop to my laptop, just >to see how it works. So far I have failed, it does not see the laptop. Have you installed sshd on the laptop? I have had to manually install it on several distributions. Is there any way you can get console access on the laptop to check (grub?)? I would hope that if you have not explicitly chosen to allow ssh access to your wife's laptop, your distribution's default installation would be a firm 'no way' and configure pam, iptables, security and /etc/ssh/sshd_config accordingly. I have fallen foul of this several times during fresh installations: the nuisance of having to drag a monitor and keyboard to a headless machine (or worse, vice versa) has taught me to try and remember that if you havent got a properly configured sshd_config, you will not be able to ssh in. You'd think I'd have learned this after doing it a couple of times.... I am new to this forum. Please forgive me if I have caused any offense with a 'back-to-basics' post, it most certainly is not my intention. Best wishes fraser -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq