Matthew Woehlke wrote: > darrell pfeifer wrote: >> 2008/9/12 Dr. Diesel <dr.diesel@xxxxxxxxx> >> >>> Booting normally to GDM, using normal root login gives me unable to >>> authenticate user. If I boot to init3, my user/pass works just fine, >>> then I >>> can startx. I attempted passwd and reset my pass with no luck! >>> >>> Anybody else? Should I file this under GDM? >>> >> >> The gdm changelog says >> >> * Tue Sep 09 2008 Jon McCann <jmccann@xxxxxxxxxx> - 1:2.23.92-2 >> - Disallow root login >> >> So it is intentional > > So... what exactly are we supposed to do when the user login gets hosed? > Reach for a rescue disk? (Seriously, what's with the sudden trend to > make fixing problems harder by making recovery modes inaccessible in an > apparent bid to hide the "confusing/potentially dangerous" bits of the > system from the user?) > CTRL+ALT+F1 Login as root there fix it CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to GDM -- Benjamin Lewis ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx Ambassador, Fedora Project - http://fedoraproject.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://benl.co.uk./ PGP Key: 0x647E480C "In cases of major discrepancy, it is always reality that got it wrong" -- RFC 1118
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