2012/4/8 Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]>: > Op zondag 08 april 2012 10:08:44 schreef Tony Blackwell: >> Thanks to Maarten for prompt reply. >> 1. Lilo not booting; I can't tell if >> >> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5044 >> is the same problem; it does concern lilo, but in a raid setting and I >> wasn't quite clear on what problem was being described there. > > anyway, i think the lilo problem will be resolved before release > >> 2. rpm update failure; Maarten is right, yes is is >> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4918 >> I'll await beta3 >> >> >> While I'm at it, beta2 has lost the ability for root to log in graphically. >> Beta1 was without this on the DVD but upgrades fixed it. Beta2 does not >> honor the flag set in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, where setting AllowRoot >> to true has for many releases been all that is required to allow a >> graphical root login. (useful for system admin, no I never go out on the >> web as root!) Intended behaviour or accident? tonyb > > not sure, but i thought not logging in graphically as root was a feature
Yes, and obviously they have finally closed that easy to open door via kdmrc. But maybe there is a reason to login to a gui as root - although in all my 17 years of Linux I haven't heard one. And I have never heard about any sysadmin who did it with a reason. -- wobo
