I modified the /etc/pam.d/gdm to allow the root gui login by commenting the user != root, and that worked, but have a strange result. Running Systems Administration Services runs the system-config-services program, but nothing changes. Starting program from a terminal window also results in no change, but does show messages on the terminal window, but nothing on the gui. Doing an su - in the terminal window, and then running system-config- services results in a working program, and no messages displaying on the terminal window. Looked at the env and found the XAUTHORITY is very different between the regular root terminal and the su - root terminal. XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-root-Xu1s9h/database versus XAUTHORITY=/root/.xauthC1kFTM There are other differences in the environment, but that is what stands out. With a regular user, running these things prompts for the root id. +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS SETI 6,887,276.9695 | EINSTEIN 2,134,564.5709 | ROSETTA 694,861.8863 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
