hey robert. do a search, look for pam/gdm/root/user... there's a config file that can be modified to allow for initial root login initially at the start.. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:35 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: root in FC 10 Dave Cross wrote: > 2008/12/5 Mike Dwiggins <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> I upgraded a throw away test system from FC 8 to FC 10. When it finished, I >> tried logging in as root user and could not. >> >> Logging in as a normal user I went to a text session and the su command >> worked with the old root password. >> >> Did I do something wrong or is this something new to 10? >> > > Disabling root login is a common security practice. Sounds like it's > been disabled by default in F10. That's got to be a good thing. > > As someone else has said, you can enable it again by fiddling with the > pam files, but please consider whether you really want to do that. Why > not log as a normal user and then use su (or, better, sudo) on the > rare occasions when you need root access? On my 'work' notebook and most of my servers, I log in as me and 'su' when I need to do something 'rooty'. But on this system where I am trying to get F10 working? Yah, believe it that I want to be root; it gets too frustrating too fast otherwise. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
