Re: Root Login
http://groups.google.com/group/VGLUG/browse_thread/thread/f1217ad34cb08252?pli=1 On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Smith, Herb herb.sm...@boeing.com wrote: All, This may be a dumb question, but I noticed that with my upgrade to FC10, the login page no longer allows me to login as root. I'm sure this is a feature, but the question is, how does one login as root these days? I can still su to root in a command window, no problem. TIA, Herb -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Root Login
Smith, Herb wrote: All, This may be a dumb question, but I noticed that with my upgrade to FC10, the login page no longer allows me to login as root. I'm sure this is a feature, but the question is, how does one login as root these days? I can still su to root in a command window, no problem. I would recommend that you continue doing that if you must enable it, refer https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Enabling_Root_User_For_GNOME_Display_Manager Rahul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be undone but the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root activity. I can't find this pearl of wisdom, and right now, as I plow through getting things working, I really benifit from logging in as root. Yes I can set inittab to init 3, then run startx, but I am not sure this is the same thing (and when I exit startx I see an error about running this as root). -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
Fred Silsbee wrote: --- On Thu, 12/4/08, Robert Moskowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Robert Moskowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 5:33 PM Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be undone but the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root activity. I can't find this pearl of wisdom, and right now, as I plow through getting things working, I really benifit from logging in as root. Yes I can set inittab to init 3, then run startx, but I am not sure this is the same thing (and when I exit startx I see an error about running this as root). -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Has Fedora become puppy Linux? When you are attempting to debug why drivers and such are not working, being root saves time which is saving money. Once things work, then I go back to 'normal'. Yes, I often open a terminal window and su, and then 'nautilus ', but that has given me wierd behaviour. And then I want to sftp some root files over, gFTP is nice. Most things can be done without being root, and take a few hours more. I am not an expert at this stuff. My job is to work on security protocols, not OSs. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
On Thursday 04 December 2008 17:33:22 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be undone but the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root activity. I can't find this pearl of wisdom, and right now, as I plow through getting things working, I really benifit from logging in as root. Yes I can set inittab to init 3, then run startx, but I am not sure this is the same thing (and when I exit startx I see an error about running this as root). Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm find the line auth requiredpam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet and replace it with auth requiredpam_succeed_if.so Then logout and login as root. Tony -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:05 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: When you are attempting to debug why drivers and such are not working, being root saves time which is saving money. Once things work, then I go back to 'normal'. Yes, I often open a terminal window and su, and then 'nautilus ', but that has given me wierd behaviour. And then I want to sftp some root files over, gFTP is nice. Most things can be done without being root, and take a few hours more. I am not an expert at this stuff. My job is to work on security protocols, not OSs. I haven't checked, but perhaps one of the other display managers (such as kdm or xdm) may allow you to login as root? -Chris -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
Tony Molloy wrote: On Thursday 04 December 2008 17:33:22 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be undone but the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root activity. I can't find this pearl of wisdom, and right now, as I plow through getting things working, I really benifit from logging in as root. Yes I can set inittab to init 3, then run startx, but I am not sure this is the same thing (and when I exit startx I see an error about running this as root). Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm find the line auth requiredpam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet and replace it with auth requiredpam_succeed_if.so Then logout and login as root. thanks! I have GOT to start my F10 tips 'book' -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login
--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Tony Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tony Molloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: F10 - I REALLY want to log in as root -- was Re: root login To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 6:49 PM On Thursday 04 December 2008 17:33:22 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be undone but the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root activity. I can't find this pearl of wisdom, and right now, as I plow through getting things working, I really benifit from logging in as root. Yes I can set inittab to init 3, then run startx, but I am not sure this is the same thing (and when I exit startx I see an error about running this as root). Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm find the line auth requiredpam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet and replace it with auth requiredpam_succeed_if.so Then logout and login as root. Tony -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines thanks! useful if I ever move to F10 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
On Tuesday 02 December 2008 13:38:18 Tim wrote: On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 13:08 +, Tony Molloy wrote: If you had installed using the askmethod method you could have set the static address at install time. Have things changed, because all that did, in the past, was the configuration of the network for the installation (if the network is needed *during* the installation). Configuration of the network on the installed system, was separate. Well I've been using it for the past few days to install Fedora-10 on laptops and desktops with static IP addresses and it works. It asks for the IP information during the install and then NetworkManager sets up the connection data and it's permanent. Did I really say that, NetworkManager actually works ;-) Must say a big thank you to all the NetworkManager folks for ironing out the bugs. It's actually a useful bit of software now and I can take my laptops from work to home and it recognises the different networks with the minimun of fuss, Well done. Regards, Tony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
hell... if nm works as it should with f10.. that might be a reason to upgrade itself!!! took a laptop on a trip. had a layover in las vegad, figured, what the heck. never could access one of the public wifi networks with nm!! (but it could have been user error!!) thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Molloy Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:14 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: root login On Tuesday 02 December 2008 13:38:18 Tim wrote: On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 13:08 +, Tony Molloy wrote: If you had installed using the askmethod method you could have set the static address at install time. Have things changed, because all that did, in the past, was the configuration of the network for the installation (if the network is needed *during* the installation). Configuration of the network on the installed system, was separate. Well I've been using it for the past few days to install Fedora-10 on laptops and desktops with static IP addresses and it works. It asks for the IP information during the install and then NetworkManager sets up the connection data and it's permanent. Did I really say that, NetworkManager actually works ;-) Must say a big thank you to all the NetworkManager folks for ironing out the bugs. It's actually a useful bit of software now and I can take my laptops from work to home and it recognises the different networks with the minimun of fuss, Well done. Regards, Tony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
Nick wrote: Hi All With F10 if I use DHCP to assign my IP address everything goes OK I get an IP address and a subnet mask and I get access to the interent If I try to statically assign the IP address Example 192.168.1.118 255.255.255.240 (please don’t complain about the range it’s only an example because I don’t want to give out my public IP for this server) Do you have a correct /etc/resolv.conf with a valid nameserver entry? JB The network configuration takes it but when I reopen it I see it has changed my subnet mask to 192.168.1.113 Also I am not getting onto the internet Ifconfig shows eth0 as 192.168.1.118 255.255.255.255 Bcast 192.168.1.118 It also shows an IPv6 address even though I haven’t enabled IPv6 What is going wrong I need to statically assign the IP address as this will use a public IP address Many thanks -- Joachim Backes [EMAIL PROTECTED] smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
On Tuesday 02 December 2008 12:39:31 Nick wrote: Hi All With F10 if I use DHCP to assign my IP address everything goes OK I get an IP address and a subnet mask and I get access to the interent If I try to statically assign the IP address You need to manually edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and put in IPADDR=xxx NETMASK=xxx If you had installed using the askmethod method you could have set the static address at install time. Tony Many thanks -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 13:08 +, Tony Molloy wrote: If you had installed using the askmethod method you could have set the static address at install time. Have things changed, because all that did, in the past, was the configuration of the network for the installation (if the network is needed *during* the installation). Configuration of the network on the installed system, was separate. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
Hi All With F10 if I use DHCP to assign my IP address everything goes OK I get an IP address and a subnet mask and I get access to the interent If I try to statically assign the IP address Example 192.168.1.118 255.255.255.240 (please don't complain about the range it's only an example because I don't want to give out my public IP for this server) The network configuration takes it but when I reopen it I see it has changed my subnet mask to 192.168.1.113 Also I am not getting onto the internet Ifconfig shows eth0 as 192.168.1.118 255.255.255.255 Bcast 192.168.1.118 It also shows an IPv6 address even though I haven't enabled IPv6 What is going wrong I need to statically assign the IP address as this will use a public IP address Many thanks -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Not that I have noticed. I installed F10 on my home PC at the weekend. Installed the KDE desktop, and not GNOME. Logged straight in as root. Didn't have to change anything. John. -- --- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 14:34 +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Not that I have noticed. I installed F10 on my home PC at the weekend. Installed the KDE desktop, and not GNOME. Logged straight in as root. Didn't have to change anything. It's a gdm thing. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:34:51PM +, John Horne wrote: On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 07:23 -0800, bruce wrote: appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. Not that I have noticed. I installed F10 on my home PC at the weekend. Installed the KDE desktop, and not GNOME. Logged straight in as root. Didn't have to change anything. This may depend on upgrade .vs. clean install. Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. It can be undone but the goal was to limit external and unwanted local root activity. You should be able to su - then visudo and add yourself to the sudo list and then you have the ability to do what needs to be done. It is so very necessary to have good pass words today. As a minimum have three good pass words and one other. you root money and lowriskweb -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new hat, now what? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:23:46 -0800 Nifty Fedora Mitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the archives. I seem to recall a pam change that does limit the login devices for 'root'. Yea, but the pam stuff is used only by gdm. If you run kdm, you could always login as root. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
how do I enable root login Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm, find the line with the expression that says something like user != root on the end of the line and remove that expression from the end of the line. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Price wrote: how do I enable root login i normally do not reply to 'text/html' post, but this time i am making and exception. [see guidelines link at bottom line of post] i will guess that you are booting run 'level 5', so open a terminal, su to root. change to /etc directory and edit inittab and change; 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:' reboot and log in as root. note: reply again in 'text/html' and i will not reply. peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLWbV+C4Bj9Rkw/wRApsrAJ9l3WQEooJ1TtoSOOdWfjvpWOOuCQCfTbpG cV0s85my5MSSk6zjML/q+zU= =xvJG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
umm... starting in level 5 doesn't prevent root from running. if you're running f10, you're going to have to edit the gdm pam file. (don't have the article at my fingers right now...) appparently f10, has modified the default behavior to restrict you from logging in as the root user. if you're using f9, get back to us... peace -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of g Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 7:10 AM To: fedora-list Subject: Re: root login -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Price wrote: how do I enable root login i normally do not reply to 'text/html' post, but this time i am making and exception. [see guidelines link at bottom line of post] i will guess that you are booting run 'level 5', so open a terminal, su to root. change to /etc directory and edit inittab and change; 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:' reboot and log in as root. note: reply again in 'text/html' and i will not reply. peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLWbV+C4Bj9Rkw/wRApsrAJ9l3WQEooJ1TtoSOOdWfjvpWOOuCQCfTbpG cV0s85my5MSSk6zjML/q+zU= =xvJG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 14:35 +, Nick Price wrote: Hi all Just downloaded F10 and when I try to login as root i get unable to authenticate user so i logged in as myself and then su but each time I want to change system settings it keeps asking me for the root password Did you execute su or su - The second turns you into root with root environment. Ive only had a few hours and its already driving me crazy with this continual requests for the root password. how do I enable root login __ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. Sign up today. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- === 2180, U.S. History question: What 20th Century U.S. President was almost impeached and what office did he later hold? === Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
Tried that when I go to save it I get a error message that I don’t have the permissions necessary to save the file. If I do a whoami I am root Where do I go from here Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 16:10 To: fedora-list Subject: Re: root login -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Price wrote: how do I enable root login i normally do not reply to 'text/html' post, but this time i am making and exception. [see guidelines link at bottom line of post] i will guess that you are booting run 'level 5', so open a terminal, su to root. change to /etc directory and edit inittab and change; 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:' reboot and log in as root. note: reply again in 'text/html' and i will not reply. peace out. tc,hago. g in a free world without fences, who needs gates. learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLWbV+C4Bj9Rkw/wRApsrAJ9l3WQEooJ1TtoSOOdWfjvpWOOuCQCfTbpG cV0s85my5MSSk6zjML/q+zU= =xvJG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
nick... do this... su - root password: whatever it is edit /etc/pam.d vi /etc/pam.d (or use your favorite editor) look for a line that has: user != root (or something like that) comment out the line, or delete it... save the file, log out, log back in, end you should be able to access as root... you don't need to modify the init file... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Price Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:35 AM To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: root login Hi all Just downloaded F10 and when I try to login as root i get unable to authenticate user so i logged in as myself and then su but each time I want to change system settings it keeps asking me for the root password Ive only had a few hours and its already driving me crazy with this continual requests for the root password. how do I enable root login Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. Sign up today. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 bruce wrote: nick... do this... su - root password: whatever it is edit /etc/pam.d vi /etc/pam.d (or use your favorite editor) that would be a good trick, seeing as how /etc/pam.d is a directory. if he changes 'inittab', then he can/should be able to log in as root and get things worked out from there. plus, he has not made any comment as to what desktop he has set up, so first is to just getting him in as root and take care of rest after. peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLaol+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAvRqAKCzFOhO1ltLuysbic4tV6bqSIYvjgCgg391 NaEuxbI9/4bbP35Zzn/dF/w= =NmQy -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick wrote: Tried that when I go to save it I get a error message that I don’t have the permissions necessary to save the file. If I do a whoami I am root Where do I go from here then there may be some other problems. at boot screen, press tab and 'e' to edit. cursor down to line starting with 'kernel' press e to edit, add to end of line '1'. press enter, then b to boot. you will start in level 1 maintenance mode. 'cd /etc', 'cp inittab inittab.bak', 'vi inittab', cursor down to line with 'id:5:initdefault:'. cursor to '5' press r, press '3', enter in sequence, ':qw'. then enter 'reboot'. this should bring you up in 'command line' mode. enter 'root' at login prompt, enter root password. if refused, you may be using wrong password. changing password is another 'level 1' operation, which can be gone thru it above does not work. peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLa4b+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAu0oAJoDhpLuXM1kmayFL5uFDy9Za6fB/gCfUvaT gdpRDPn6dkitSlFCt+YhGds= =uye4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
Hi All Many thanks got it fixed now by editing the gdm file Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 21:14 To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: root login -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick wrote: Tried that when I go to save it I get a error message that I don’t have the permissions necessary to save the file. If I do a whoami I am root Where do I go from here then there may be some other problems. at boot screen, press tab and 'e' to edit. cursor down to line starting with 'kernel' press e to edit, add to end of line '1'. press enter, then b to boot. you will start in level 1 maintenance mode. 'cd /etc', 'cp inittab inittab.bak', 'vi inittab', cursor down to line with 'id:5:initdefault:'. cursor to '5' press r, press '3', enter in sequence, ':qw'. then enter 'reboot'. this should bring you up in 'command line' mode. enter 'root' at login prompt, enter root password. if refused, you may be using wrong password. changing password is another 'level 1' operation, which can be gone thru it above does not work. peace out. tc,hago. g in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLa4b+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAu0oAJoDhpLuXM1kmayFL5uFDy9Za6fB/gCfUvaT gdpRDPn6dkitSlFCt+YhGds= =uye4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
great... not sure why some kept telling you to deal with the init file... moral of story: be careful when taking advice of people you don't know!!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:44 PM To: 'Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora.' Subject: RE: root login Hi All Many thanks got it fixed now by editing the gdm file Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of g Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 21:14 To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: root login -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick wrote: Tried that when I go to save it I get a error message that I don’t have the permissions necessary to save the file. If I do a whoami I am root Where do I go from here then there may be some other problems. at boot screen, press tab and 'e' to edit. cursor down to line starting with 'kernel' press e to edit, add to end of line '1'. press enter, then b to boot. you will start in level 1 maintenance mode. 'cd /etc', 'cp inittab inittab.bak', 'vi inittab', cursor down to line with 'id:5:initdefault:'. cursor to '5' press r, press '3', enter in sequence, ':qw'. then enter 'reboot'. this should bring you up in 'command line' mode. enter 'root' at login prompt, enter root password. if refused, you may be using wrong password. changing password is another 'level 1' operation, which can be gone thru it above does not work. peace out. tc,hago. g in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLa4b+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAu0oAJoDhpLuXM1kmayFL5uFDy9Za6fB/gCfUvaT gdpRDPn6dkitSlFCt+YhGds= =uye4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: root login
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 bruce wrote: not sure why some kept telling you to deal with the init file... good. if you do not know then those of us who do will continue to keep it a secret. moral of story: be careful when taking advice of people you don't know!!! you can keep your reason for being snide a secret too. peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLcIg+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAln+AKCcHhHXHN5JYzzZHIpY4vR0O57TDQCgmd3p QWEOQpm8Bv6rAzedmqM1I7M= =wUQ/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
RE: root login
g not sure who you are, nor am i sure i understand your remarks. if your feelings are hurt, don't take it personally. i've seen people give seriously good advice. i've seen people give advice that would screw the hell out of the system of the person who was looking for help. the fact, your approach wasn't the issue the guy was dealing with. would it have harmed his system, no. was it the issue, again, no. unless you know/trust the person giveing the advice, or unless you see it from a number of different people, i would argue that you should take anything with a huge assed grain of salt! relax, have some turkey! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of g Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:40 PM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: root login -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 bruce wrote: not sure why some kept telling you to deal with the init file... good. if you do not know then those of us who do will continue to keep it a secret. moral of story: be careful when taking advice of people you don't know!!! you can keep your reason for being snide a secret too. peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLcIg+C4Bj9Rkw/wRAln+AKCcHhHXHN5JYzzZHIpY4vR0O57TDQCgmd3p QWEOQpm8Bv6rAzedmqM1I7M= =wUQ/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
