Alex Malinovich wrote:
I agree that a user should be ABLE to log in as root from GDM if s/he so desires. However, there should be appropriate cautions in place to ensure that John Q. Idiot will get scared away before he accidentally enables it.
This is already done during debian installation. You get to read a whole screenful about why you should create and use a user account instead of just root.
There's no need to disable root logins to GDM, and require users to go to the trouble of finding the documentation and the config file to switch it back to the *right* option.