What login manager's do you use?
In GDM (Gnome Desktop Manager) you should to set this option before you
can login as root:
( /etc/gdm/gdm.conf )
AllowRoot=true
and next type /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Then you should be able to login as root in gdm.
Regards.
El jue, 03 de 04 de 2003 a las 02:19, Yaron escribió:
> Hi,
> Since I rebooted my machine in the 1st time I can't login as root
> through the gui login screen.
> I get error msg "system administrator can't login from this screen"
> If I login as 'normal' user it's ok, and than I can use su and switch
> to root, but no matter what I tried, I can't login to the machine as
> root. (tried to delete all other users and leave only root account -
> couldn't login AT ALL had to re-install...not funny at all)
> Each time after I reboot it opens the GUI login screen, so it's not
> like I can login without X and than use startX...
> H E L P !
> 10x,
> Yaron.
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