RE: gdm, log in as root?
To be able to log into gdm as root, edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf AllowRoot under
[security]:
AllowRoot=true
This allows you to login as root only from the console. Since you're not
logging in over the network this isn't that great of a security risk. -mk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Hair [mailto:dale@meridian-electric.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:32 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root?
>
>
> On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 21:30, David Pastern wrote:
> > Mark said:
> >
> > Subject: RE: gdm, log in as root?
> >
> > understand that sudo or fakeroot would be an even better
> solution, as
> > sudo use is logged as security concerns.
> >
> > Dave : I know that Mark. It more annoys me not having the
> ability there.
> > Even if I had it there i'd very rarely log on as root, but
> use fakeroot.
> > That's the common sense thing to do. Sometimes
> though...since updating to
> > kde 3.0.3 I can't su to fakeroot and start applications...I
> get an Xlib
> > error message : can't send to server, no permissions. Or
> something similar
> > to that. I did a bit of research to that the other nite,
> but didn't find
> > much. Was only a brief search. I got the suspicion (after
> todays thread on
> > GDM) that I might need to reconfigure kdm to allow fake
> root. I'll pursue
> > that path later. In the meantime i've been lazy, and
> logging out and going
> > in as root to perform system maintenance etc. Upgrading to
> gnome2 set esd
> > as the default sound daemon (even when logging onto kde)
> rather than oss. I
> > haven't sat down and investigated yet how to change it
> back. I had issues
> > on base install of woody getting audio to play when logged
> on as normal
> > user. That fixed itself when i got kde 3 running, but
> gnome 2 just stuffed
> > that all up by setting esd as default. And yes I added
> myself to audio
> > group, did chmod u+x on /dev/audio, /dev/cdrom, /dev/mixer,
> /dev/dsp ....I
> > had a play with gnome2 control panels etc but they are very
> unintuitive I
> > find. I presume resetting default sound daemon back to oss
> will fix things
> > and return them to normal in kde. *fingers crossed*.
> >
> > Dave
>
> That's quite a rant. Did you ever get gdm set to allow root login,
> there is an option in gdmconfig?
>
>
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