On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 01:03:42PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "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 ;-) ) > Oh, but you can login using gpm... Just make sure you have the right characters for every possible password in /etc/issue... And be quick because you have only 60 seconds to cut'npaste them ;-) Regards, Filip
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