Re: Root login in graphical enviroment

[Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net>]

On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 20:27, Kent West wrote:
> Crispin Wellington wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 16:41, Vassilis Grigoriadis wrote:
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> >>Hi, i am new to linux. I installed(let's say so) the latest woody edition of debian and when it starts i can't log in as root in the graphical enviroment.
> >>Can anyone tell me what can i do to permit the root to login?
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> >No solution, but you should be able to (all things being equal ;) run
> >root X applications from your normal user desktop like...
> >
> >ssh -X root@localhost programmename
> >
> >where programmename is the application name. There are only a few admin
> >applications you will want to run any way. So don't go ssh -X
> >root@localhost mozilla. That's just asking for trouble :)
> >
> >Crispin
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> That's interesting . . . .  I thought Debian didn't allow ssh 
> connections as root, or was that just for telnet?

Yeh. Maybe it doesn't. I have PermitRootLogin yes in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config though. I may have changed it. Cant remember.

Kind Regards
Crispin Wellington