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. -- * You're currently going through a difficult transition period called "Life." * .''`. : :' : `. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (Kernel 2.4.18) on Ext3 `- http://acm.escet.urjc.es/~agutierr [EMAIL PROTECTED] // [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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