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maddog39

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From: Philadelphia, PA

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Getting GDM to logon as root

Hello all,

Well let me first say that I am a very lazy person and arent really concerned much at all about security and just prefer to login as root whenever possible to make things a ton easier. I much prefer GNOME over KDE and would like to know if their is anyway to force GDM into letting me login as root. Currently it just brings up an annoying dialog blocking me from logging in. Any ideas?

Thanks!
-maddog39

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Re: Getting GDM to logon as root

Yes!

Just change GDM's settings. Now I can understand you're lazy, but I'm quite sure you'll be able to find those settings all by yourself.

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maddog39

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From: Philadelphia, PA

Registered: 2007-06-03

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Re: Getting GDM to logon as root

I looked in GDM settings and wasnt able to find anything. Well when arch finished reinstalling i'll check again then. Thanks!

pelle.k

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From: Åre, Sweden (EU)

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Re: Getting GDM to logon as root

Well let me first say that I am a very lazy person and arent really concerned much at all about security and just prefer to login as root whenever possible to make things a ton easier.

This is your choice, of course.
The downside is that this kind of thinking can get you infected and thus serve as a hub for malicious activities, and thus increase the rate of which this virus/activity can spread to other systems, through you.

But as always, freedom is without any restrictions. check out /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf and "AllowRoot=false" setting...

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maddog39

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From: Philadelphia, PA

Registered: 2007-06-03

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Re: Getting GDM to logon as root

Well Im not so concerned, im only using this as a desktop system and I have files on a network share on a separate box which is secured. Im also behind a NAT router, so I think im ok for the most part. I found the setting in the Login Window settings dialog and enabled root login. Thanks for the help!

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Getting GDM to logon as root

It's in the GDM settings program (System>Administration>Login Window). Just be aware that logging in as root for day-to-day use is stupid, and proper use of sudo and groups is just as convenient.

mitsoko

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Registered: 2007-05-08

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Re: Getting GDM to logon as root

you can also open /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf and do ;; AllowRoot=true ;; (it's under [Security] section)