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Fedora GUI Root Login..!
Author: Bharath M Urs
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Fedora GUI Root Login
When i installed fedora 10 and 11, i was not able to login as root from the GUI screen. The root login is disabled by default for security issues..!
The Solution is to comment a line in the files gdm and gdm-password files located in /etc/pam.d.
To enable GUI root login, just follow the steps
> Open TERMINAL
> $ su
[root password]
> Type "gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm"
You may find the following lines in the file gdm
auth [success=done ignore=ignore default=bad] pam_selinux_permit.so
# auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet <- Comment by inserting # at the beginning of the line.!
auth required pam_env.so
auth substack system-auth
auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so
account required pam_nologin.so
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
session required pam_selinux.so close
session required pam_loginuid.so
session optional pam_console.so
session required pam_selinux.so open
session optional pam_keyinit.so force revoke
session required pam_namespace.so
session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
session include system-auth
[For fedora 10 users stop here, logout and then login as root.!]
Fedora 11 users continue,
> Type "gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm-password"
You may see the following lines in the file gdm-password
auth substack password-auth
# auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet <- Comment by inserting # at the beginning of the line.!
auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so
account required pam_nologin.so
account include password-auth
password include password-auth
session required pam_selinux.so close
session required pam_loginuid.so
session optional pam_console.so
session required pam_selinux.so open
session optional pam_keyinit.so force revoke
session required pam_namespace.so
session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start
session include password-auth
Now logout the system and then login as root..! [select "other" option in GUI menu]
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