On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:19:02AM +0200, Yaron wrote: > Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root through the gui > login screen. > I get error msg "system administrator can't login from this screen" i use xdm as my "gui login screen" and havent seen this message before. which display manager are you using? have you read its config files/scripts?
> If I login as 'normal' user it's ok, and than I can use su and switch > to root, but no matter what I tried, I can't login to the machine as > root. (tried to delete all other users and leave only root account - > couldn't login AT ALL had to re-install...not funny at all) im sure re-install was not necessary -even if you cant login as root you can pass init=/bin/sh as a kernel parameter then you get a shell without having to login. > Each time after I reboot it opens the GUI login screen, so it's not like I can login > without X and than use startX... <Ctrl><alt>Fn where n is a vt [virtual terminal] number usually <7 that should allow you to login without X. > H E L P ! yep, you need it ;) mind you, dont we all. hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
