Thanks. I will check on that. I did set highest level security since this was going to be a server. DUH
Jack -----Original Message----- From: Randy Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Newbie question Wilson, Jack wrote: > I dl'd 8.2 and installed it. I created another user acct besides root > to play with it. I ran the Mandrake update right after I installed it, > updated everything it said to and logged out. > > The KDE login comes up, I can log in with my normal user and > everything is fine, but when I try to log in with my root user, the > KDE l;ogin tells me login failed. But as my normal user logged in I > can su using the root password and it works. What have I done? Until somebody writes in with more information or a better idea, my first suspect would be msec -- what security level did you choose when you installed? IIUC, in some levels you are not allowed to log in as root directly, but only to su to root from a user account. Try this page for some links to information on msec: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/Msec Randy Kramer
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