I am able to reproduce this on a Lucid box using "sudo passwd root" to enable the root account. I haven't heard that Ubuntu was going to allow root logins through gdm even if the account is enabledf, so I believe this is a bug. Thanks for your report, Iain.
** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged -- GDM allows root logins https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484317 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs