SLES10 - disable root login at main screen

[benyc22]

Hey All,


Can any one remind me how to do this?

Disable root login at main screen...

[D-cat]

Do you mean auto-login? I assume this is a home desktop?

For SuSE, it's in Yast -> Security and Users -> User and Groups : Click on Expert -> Login Settings. Check Auto login, select user, press OK.

[benyc22]

No its a SLES10 Server. I want to make it impossible for someone to login in, as root, at the main login screen, for added security. I vaugely remember doing this before, editing a file, possibly in /etc/ ....

This is not an auto login issue

[D-cat]

I think I have a solution. First and foremost, make sure your sudoers allows a trusted admin to become root or execute root commands with their own password (Ubuntu style), and nobody else. If this doesn't work first, recovering will be more complicated.

Next, as one of the sudoers, type sudo passwd -l root

That should clear the root password, effectively preventing a root login from any interface (in theory, anyway).