--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 5:33 PM > Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +0000, John Horne > wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: > >> > >>> appparently f10, has modified the default > behavior to restrict you > >>> from logging in as the "root" user. > >>> > > Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change > that does > > limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be > undone but > > the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root > activity. > > > > I can't find this pearl of wisdom, and right now, as I > plow through getting things working, I really benifit from > logging in as root. Yes I can set inittab to init 3, then > run startx, but I am not sure this is the same thing (and > when I exit startx I see an error about running this as > root). > > > -- fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Has Fedora become puppy Linux? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
