In this howto i will describe how to let root user to Graphical Login in Fedora 13. From Fedora 10 it was disable by default to let it login from GUI.We will be configure pam authentication files gdm and gdm-password respectively.
vi /etc/pam.d/gdm
find following line
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
comment out by placing # at beginning to disable this check
#auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
save and close the file.
vi /etc/pam.d/gdm.password
find following line
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
comment out by placing # at beginning to disable this check
#auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
save and close the file. Now logout from terminal or GUI and relogin with root from GUI.
Nice Tip !
Nice tip dude…keep it up
I have the same problem but cannot change the pam.d file. It does not allow me to make the change.When I check under properties/permissions, I see that I have to be root in the first place to make the change!
@moki: this blog is to make the root user to login from GUI because in fedora 13 it was disable and root cannot login from GUI. You need to login as user and then switch to root for any work.
But for all administrator work you need to be root and its not any hack, its to enable feature to login as root not as normal user.
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In Fedora 13 the password file is:
vi /etc/pam.d/gdm.password
Sorry for the repeat post, correction
In Fedora 13 the password file is:
vi /etc/pam.d/gdm-password
Thanks man, in the previous versions like 10 u only needed to edit gdm.
Thanks for the tip
sudo gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm
and
sudo gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm.password
will work when sudo vi not
bien este si esta completo, para iniciar como root en Fedora
I am unable to find gdm and gdm.password in fedora 14 🙁
pls check ur path is correct
Thanks mate
Thanks dude really nice tip.. keep it up
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