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| Thread ID: 53266 | 2005-01-12 11:22:00 | KDM won't let me login as root | mogwai (6235) | Press F1 |
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| 313325 | 2005-01-12 11:22:00 | I have changed my default desktop and display manager to KDE. I'm sure it's something I've done - cause I been fidling. Anyway, I can't login as root thru the KDM anymore. I just get a error box saying: root logins are not allowed (or something very similar). I have searched and searched for a place where some hidden setting may be - but to no avail. Any ideas? btw: Running FC3; KDE; can login as root with GDM fine - but want KDM. |
mogwai (6235) | ||
| 313326 | 2005-01-12 22:35:00 | login as a user and run kcontrol - There's some settings in there that prevent it. Its a good security measure ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 313327 | 2005-01-13 01:45:00 | I've tried looking in there but I couldn't find anything. I ended up posting it on another site - and got a reply which worked. KDE 3.3 disables a graphical root login by default. Editing the /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc file and changing the AllowRootLogin entries to true fixed the problem. But cheers for the suggestion anyway. |
mogwai (6235) | ||
| 313328 | 2005-01-13 02:44:00 | Another way to allow login as root using KDM is as follows. In a teminal session, such as Konsole, become Super User (root) by typing su , and hit enter. Then run this shell command kcmshell kdm , and hit enter. The Login Manager will open and it has many ways of customising login, including which users are shown at the initial login screen. |
Brian B (6530) | ||
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