On Friday 05 December 2008, 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. Apparently so, but then the install doesn't add the one user it asks you to define to the sudoers file, and to fix that requires a reboot to single mode. >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? > >Dave... -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
