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  1. 10-14-2006 #1
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    Mandriva noob.. Can't login as root?

    Seems that by default Mandriva is set to not allow for root logins. When I attempt to login, it says that root login is disabled.

    I had created a second account when I setup the system..when I login as it, however, I can't seem to find where to enable the root login. Anyone know where this is?

    I need it..
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    Why do you want to login as root? It is one of the most dangeorus thing you can do while using Linux! A mispelled command may delete your whole data. You should always use "su" for temporary root logins from your user session.
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    Yeah Juan Pablo is dead right. You can set it up that way, but it's not a good idea. It's a security risk and you might just point and click your system into the bin.
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    Well, for one the system is a VMWare 'guest' machine.. so if I were to make a mistake (and learn something) then I can start from scratch.

    Is there another account I can setup to do setup user accounts with, system and server settings, etc?

    This 'pc' is being setup for apache, php, mysql, squid, and ssh.
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    Just use "su" before doing the administrative things
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo
    Just use "su" before doing the administrative things
    Never thought of that, seems to work fine. Thanks much!
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