On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Aldo Foot <lunixer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Had I seen this earlier I would have told you just to go to a non-X console >> and login as root there... The whole thing about not logging as root is >> "security by obscurity" as far as I'm concerned, and is more effective as a >> barrier to doing useful work than keeping users from shooting themselves in >> the foot. > > I had no idea the root login approach had changed. > Frustration set in when I first installed F10 and root could not be > authenticated. > Since I had not seen this with previous distros, I thought there was something > in the release notes. I skimmed the docs and found no reference, maybe > I did not look hard enough. I found the relevant info about the pam.d file > by searching this list. > > Some workplaces implement harsh measures to prevent root compromises. > But to a new user this has to be a bit of a setback if then don't know how to > approach it. Seems like that is the kind of user that shouldn't log in as root without some effort. But the instructions to do this should be clear however. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
