On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM, R. G. Newbury <newbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> >>. I don't know whether there is a way to make the root account appear at the GDM login. > > Comment out the 4th line of /etc/pam.d/gdm so it reads: > #auth required pam_suceed_if.so user != root quiet > > And log-out. 'Root' is now an acceptable user during the graphical login as > an 'Other'. (And /root/.dmrc will continue to exist if you use it/create > it.) > > Geoff Note that GDM is installed when you choose to install the GNOME desktop. The file /etc/pam.d/gdm does not exist if the GNOME desktop is not installed. I've never tried to install the gdm rpm on its own, so I don't know whether that could make a difference BTW - The original question is about making a permanent desktop selection for root. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
