umm... for those of us who haven't followed the entire thread... are you stating that you can't login (as root) to a fc9 machine when you're local/console to the box? or is this a situation where you're attempting to do a remote/ssh login as root? thanks -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Boles Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:29 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: Login as root on Fedora Core 9 David L. Gehrt wrote: > > <snip> > > This is a situation in which I think too much is being done to protect > us. I have been using UNIX/linux for nearly 30 years and I almost never > login in as root, but when I do it is because a normal login followed by > an su just is either not available or won't easily work. > > I intend to figure out how to defeat this (IMHO) misfeature. > > A part of the basis of my approach is that I am the only user of my > systems/network. My partner has her own system, and we have an > agreement. The other part of my approach to security is that I have > invested a LOT of effort in securing borders. based on long my > experience. If THEM get access to your network (if any) your system is > at serious risk. Then if they get on your system the game is lost. I > believe prohibiting local root logins does little to improve computer > security, and gets in the way when a root login would be of great help. > > I guess I do not object to the current login process,but I object to it > being imposed in silence. I moved from Fedora core 3 to FC6 then F8 and > was surprised when the ability to login as root from a hard wired > console. If you "have been using UNIX/linux for nearly 30 years", and I don't doubt you, you should be able to figure a way around this very easily. I have only been using Linux for about fifteen years and it took me almost two minutes. It should be much faster for you. -- David -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
