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Description of problem: When I first start newest Fedora, I like to do some maintenance tasks logged as root, latest version of Fedora does not allow me to do so. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 10 installed from the iso DVD. How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora 10 2. Restart it 3. Login as root Actual results: gdm says “unable to authenticate user” Expected results: root user being logged in with a warning message (as it used to be in Fedora 8/9) Additional info: a dirty solution is to boot with “3” added to kernel params, then login as root and startx - but why do I need to do that? why making people's life difficult?
Hi, This policy is configurable. See the file, /etc/pam.d/gdm The default is to not allow root because 1) a lot of things don't function correctly in a root environment (screen lock, irc clients, certain policykit security policies), and there are some security implications. 2) a lot of things that have traditionally required root don't anymore.