On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 17:19, Yaron wrote: > Hi, > 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" > 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) > 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...
Try this: log in to the GUI as a mortal, pull up a terminal, su to root, and disable the "wbm" script in /etc/init.d and the runlevel directories. Betcha you installed the desktop environment with tasksel. That's what I did to get where you are. I think that tasksel installs, along with Gnome and KDE and X, a startup file that (effectively) substitutes an X login for the text login. And the X login, as a security measure, won't accept a root login. There may be a config file to fix this, but I bet you have to be root to edit it... That's what happened to me, anyway, I'm pretty sure. I do know for sure that killing, deleting, and scribbling all over wbm got me back to the text login. -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]