[lug] KRUD FC 3

[Stephen Queen]

On my debian install ( Iwas struggling with the very same
thing this morning) for kde3, I found that by changing the
line in
 /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

that looks like

AllowRootLogin=false

to

AllowRootLogin=true

did the trick.

Stephen Queen


On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Hugh Brown wrote:

> The disabling of root logins as a default setting seems to be more common
> these days.
>
> I'd first look at /etc/security/access.conf to see if that's where they
> disabled root logins at the console.  If the logins are disabled at the
> gui/gdm login, I'd go look at /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf (there's an AllowRoot
> config item).
>
> I suspect that this was more you airing grievances than a request for
> help, but just in case ....
>
> Hugh
>
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Elyse M. Grasso wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded to FC3 and when I tried to log in as root to try to get my
> > modem and sound drivers working, it informed me that root logins are not
> > allowed.
> >
> > Sometimes I think the people configuring Fedora are as bad as Microsoft when
> > it comes to changes configs behind your back...
> >
> > Considering that their User Admin tool isn't in the Program menu when you log
> > in as any user OTHER than root, this change is especially annoying.
> > --
> > Elyse Grasso
> >
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