Hey everyone,

I just switched my login screen from GNOME to KDE and now it won't
allow root login. It says "Root logins are not allowed."

How do I fix this.  The version of KDE is 3.4

Thanks
Whitewater

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Hi,

On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:36:59 GMT
Whitewater <whitewater_3@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I just switched my login screen from GNOME to KDE and now it won't
> allow root login. It says "Root logins are not allowed."
>
> How do I fix this.  The version of KDE is 3.4
>
> Thanks
> Whitewater

i guess you switched the display-manager from gdm to kdm. If so, you
have to configure kdm to allow root-logins (local or remote). Within kde
you can do it out of the control-center.

Btw., disabling root-logins is not a bad idea. Use su or sudo to do
what you have to to with root privileges - and your box is much more
secure.

tx

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Whitewater wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I just switched my login screen from GNOME to KDE and now it won't
> allow root login. It says "Root logins are not allowed."
>
> How do I fix this.  The version of KDE is 3.4

As root modify the /etc/Xll/xdm/kdmrc file;

Sections [X-*-Core] and [X-:*-Core]
AllowRootLogin=true

FYI: Logging into Linux (even a GUI session) for normal every day usage as
root is not a good idea. You can always use your normal user account from
within KDE;

KDE Menu--->System Tools-->File Manager Super User Mode

to accomplish any tasks that might need root access.


--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."     -- B. Franklin, 1759

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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:13:55 GMT, Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Whitewater wrote:
> 
>
>As root modify the /etc/Xll/xdm/kdmrc file;
>
>Sections [X-*-Core] and [X-:*-Core]
>AllowRootLogin=true
>
>FYI: Logging into Linux (even a GUI session) for normal every day usage as
>root is not a good idea. You can always use your normal user account from
>within KDE;
>
>KDE Menu--->System Tools-->File Manager Super User Mode
>
>to accomplish any tasks that might need root access.


That worked. The KDE login screen now allows root to log in,  but I'm
getting a lot of crash errors under KDE when I log in as root. I
switched the desktop for root to GNOME, and it's working fine.  My
regular user account is set to KDE, and I will use su - to change
settings.

Thanks for your input!
Whitewater

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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 22:13:24 +0100, tx <toorux@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:36:59 GMT
>Whitewater <whitewater_3@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>
>i guess you switched the display-manager from gdm to kdm. If so, you
>have to configure kdm to allow root-logins (local or remote). Within kde
>you can do it out of the control-center.
>
>Btw., disabling root-logins is not a bad idea. Use su or sudo to do
>what you have to to with root privileges - and your box is much more
>secure.
>
>tx

I am more curious on why the KDE login screen won't allow root login.
I use my normal user account to do almost everything. When I switched
login managers, I tried root login and it didn't work and it bothered
me a bit.

Thanks for your input
Whitewater

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