nick... do this... su - root password: <whatever it is> edit /etc/pam.d vi /etc/pam.d (or use your favorite editor) look for a line that has: user != root (or something like that) comment out the line, or delete it... save the file, log out, log back in, end you should be able to access as root... you don't need to modify the init file... -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nick Price Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:35 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: root login Hi all Just downloaded F10 and when I try to login as root i get "unable to authenticate user" so i logged in as myself and then "su" but each time I want to change system settings it keeps asking me for the root password Ive only had a few hours and its already driving me crazy with this continual requests for the root password. how do I enable root login Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. Sign up today. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines