robert... too early for this... funny thing.. i started this thread! and i'll post as i choose!! have a good day... -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:25 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: root in FC 10 bruce wrote: > hey robert. > Bruce, avoid top posting... > do a search, look for pam/gdm/root/user... there's a config file that can be > modified to allow for initial root login initially at the start.. > Already done that. Just chirping in again about why someone relatively sane would want to log in as root... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:35 AM > To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. > Subject: Re: root in FC 10 > > > 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. >> >> 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? >> > > On my 'work' notebook and most of my servers, I log in as me and 'su' > when I need to do something 'rooty'. > > But on this system where I am trying to get F10 working? Yah, believe it > that I want to be root; it gets too frustrating too fast otherwise. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
