On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 08:26:23PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: Content-Description: Mail message body > I'm running ML 8.2. It seems that somehow, when doing the install, I > managed to disallow root logins at the console. (Running X at startup.) > > I know I've got the root password right, because I can log in with my > regular user ID and then su with the root password. But typing "root" as > the user in the login box results in a "bad login" message even though I'm > entering the correct password. > > Now before someone replies with a lecture, :-) let me assure you that I > don't run as root all the time. But there *are* times when I'm going to be > working on configurations and so on, and it's a lot more convenient to just > login *as* root, rather than have 7 shell windows open, all su'd. :-) > > So if someone can point me to the config file setting that's disallowing > root login at the console, I'd apprecaite it. > > --Dave The not being able to login as root is a result of your msec level, but you can keep that level and change things by creating a /etc/security/msec/level.local in it add this:
from mseclib import * allow_root_login(1) Read man mseclib for the list of options you can change. Also checkout http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php -- . --- |o_o | |:_/ | Give Micro$oft the Bird! // \ \ Use Linux!! (| | ) /'\_ _/`\ \___)=(___/ Chad Young Registered Linux User #195191
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