Re: potato testing: xdm vs gpm, samba changed?
>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com> writes:
Kenneth> I just noticed that gpm WILL let me login as root (and
Kenneth> give me a warning message) same behavior as redhat. So I
Kenneth> guess redhat was using gpm all along. Also gpm starts
Kenneth> gnome-session.
I hope you mean gdm, not gpm, right??? Otherwise, it looks like you
just found a security hole in gpm ;-) (or perhaps you mean you can now
use mouse strokes instead of a password to log in ;-) )
This is configurable in /etc/X11/gdm, I think. My version
has AllowRoot=0.
I would never log in as root, unless X wouldn't run for some reason
under my normal user id. Besides, when I have my account setup for X
perfectly, I don't want to have to worry about setting it up again
just for root ;-).
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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