Login GUI in Fedora 10 as root?

[sachin_khot]

In Fedora 10, How to login as root user in Graphical User Interface?

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[HROAdmin26]

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[kazler]

You will need to enable root gui login within the GDM config which I belive on Fedora lives here:

/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf

Why not use gksu or sudo to elevate your user privilages though or even if I remeber rightly in Fedora isnt there a root window manager where you can launch programs as root from your user login, why not use this which has to be much safer than a root GUI login.

[L4Linux]

Disabling root login is one of the most basic security measures for any System, Linux or Windows or whatever. If windows XP did not let you to login as root (and as a password-less root, for crying out loud!!) 80% of windows viruses and malware would not affect windows.

Imagine this: you execute a malware program or script. If you are root, the malware is root as well and can wreck havoc to your system
If you are not connected as root, the malware does not have the needed permissions to cause any damage

[techieMoe]

In Fedora 10, How to login as root user in Graphical User Interface?

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As L4Linux mentioned, why do you need to do this?

[Fantaman]

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[ahsanme]

You need to modifiy 2 files for this /etc/pam.d/gdm and /etc/pam.d/gdm-password

Following are the steps to enable Root Login on Fedora GUI

Open Terminal Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal

Logged in as a root user [vadmin@vadmin ~]$ su -l

Use vi to edit the "/etc/pam.d/gdm"
[vadmin@vadmin ~]# vi /etc/pam.d/gdm

Comment out the line auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet By putting the # sign in start of it

Save and exit the vi editor

Now we will edit the password file which is "/etc/pam.d/gdm-password"
[vadmin@vadmin ~]# vi /etc/pam.d/gdm-password

Comment out the line auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet By putting the # sign in start of it

Save and exit the vi editor

Logout and logged in as a root user