Hi folks, I've been holding back my tongue on this one, but I've been bitten by it enough times now that I think I can write something with a clear head. To put it shortly: disallowing root logins by default is a complete headache for systems where anything goes wrong. I've run into several different failure modes now: if / and /tmp get full, it's impossible to login as a normal user, and if NFS goes down and /home isn't accessible, one cannot login to fix the problem. I think the push for never allowing root to login is daft and inconsiderate of the needs of users who maintain systems. I much prefer the F9 policy of putting up a warning and allowing me to proceed -- I know it's impossible to make everything on the desktop root-safe and I don't expect it. The system should not decree that it knows better than me, though. -ben -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
