In /etc/gdm/gdm.conf change AllowRoot=false to AllowRoot=true under [security].
HTH, Sujeet On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 17:46, Michael Dickey wrote: > Seems a silly question, but... > Just installed Gnome & GDM on my son's computer along with a lot of the > Debian-junior packages. Now I find that I cannot login as root - I always get > the message "The system administrator is not allowed to login from this > screen" I can do some system admin stuff from an xterm if I su root, but how > do I actually do a root login and use Gnome as root so I can configure it? > > Michael > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

