At Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:19:52 -0400 Nick Khamis <sym...@gmail.com> wrote:

> oops, i'm stupid, I tries to login xdm using root, I saw this was possible
> using gnome so I figures what the heck.

If you are using gnome (and hence gdm not xdm) then trying to login as
root from the gui results in a dialog box asking you if you REALLY want
to.  Do you get a dialog box?

allan

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