[SOLVED] Unable to login as root user in F10

[rinjo]

Hi All,

I have just upgraded my laptop from F8 to F10, and I am unable to login to the system as root user.
At login, it provides 2 options, one is the user I created and another called 'other'.
On selecting 'other' and providing uid/passwd as 'root/<rootpassword>, it says "Unable to Authenticate User"!!!

However, when I tried to access my windows partition, it happily accepted the root password!

Is this a new feature in F10, which does not allow login as "root user"??

Thanks in advance.

[reed9]

GUI root login, ie, from the display manager, is disabled by default in most distros.

[jayd512]

Correct.
As a Fedora user, I can tell you that you will have [I]root[I] access only from terminal with 'su -'.

But then again... why would you need to login as root unless for admin purposes?

[rinjo]

Thanks guys for clarifying my doubt.
It does allow me to be root user, while using the terminal, for building and installing stuff.