Ever since I upgraded to F11, I can no longer log in as root. Once,
someone indicated that removing a statement from /etc/pam.d/gdm would
solve this. It did for F10 but there's no way I seem to be able to get
in to my root account and use a GUI. I am somewhat lazy in that I find a
GUI better to use
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 18:03 +, Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
> Ever since I upgraded to F11, I can no longer log in as root. Once,
> someone indicated that removing a statement from /etc/pam.d/gdm would
> solve this. It did for F10 but there's no way I seem to be able to get
> in to my root account
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 18:03 +, Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
> I am somewhat lazy in that I find a
> GUI better to use than the command line even though I am familiar with
> the latter and can use most of its commands.
This is a false dichotomy. The recommended procedure is to use GUI tools
via "su
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 18:03 +, Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
I am somewhat lazy in that I find a
GUI better to use than the command line even though I am familiar with
the latter and can use most of its commands.
This is a false dichotomy. The recommended proc
Am Mittwoch, den 07.10.2009, 18:03 + schrieb Croombe F. Pensom:
> Ever since I upgraded to F11, I can no longer log in as root.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Enabling_Root_User_For_GNOME_Display_Manager
Regards,
Christoph
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Thank you all for your comments on logging in as root. On the whole, I
agree with the sentiments expressed. However, I have to stress that this
is MY system, NOT connected to any local network and that no-one except
myself even knows my user password.
Therefore, I repeat : I like to do things via
Hi,
2009/10/8 Croombe F. Pensom :
> Back to the main topic : actually, I suppose I could fire up a terminal,
> do an su, and then fire up a GUI : but that has only just occurred to
> me!
> Thanks again, CroombeFP
I am not sure you are aware of Policy kit (polkit-gnome-authorization
is the name of
