--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: root in FC 10 > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 6:20 PM > 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 why not let everybody do as they please? If somebody then makes a mess, it is their problem Do you want to call the fire department and report a person who just filled up their 2 gallon container? meddling -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
