On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 10:47:36PM -0500, Leslie Satenstein wrote: > > I have a root password, and am asking why I cannot log in as root via gnome > GUI. I looked inside of /etc/pam.d to attempt to find some bypass, but > to no avail. There are times that root in gui is most useful.
X is considered by experts to be sufficiently insecure that they advise against using it in superuser mode. Apparently it has specific features that make this a problem; it's a lot older than security concerns. Which is why gnome won't let you log in as root by default. However, on the gdm login window, I get an "actions" manu with a item "configure login manager". After providing a rot password, one of the options under the security tab is "Allow local system administrator login". That's under lenny. > I could not start or stop a service using the Gnome GUI interface. (I don't > need bluetooth, etc). My gnome, under applications->accessories gives me a root terminal. Is that what you tried? Then there's also su under a regular terminal. No GUI this way, though. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
