Re: root login
On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 23:01, Michael Toomim wrote:
> Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > That's GDM not letting you log in then, which is a good thing. :-) Always
> > use X / GNOME / KDE as a normal user, not root.
>
> Why is this a decidedly "good thing"?
> (...)
> This sounds like highly unnecessary paranoia to me.
>From /etc/gdm/gdm.conf :
[security]
# If any distributions ship with this one off, they should be shot
# this is only local, so it's only for say kiosk use, when you
# want to minimize possibility of breakin
AllowRoot=true
# If you want to be paranoid, turn this one off
AllowRemoteRoot=false
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