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Fedora 14 Is Just Released and I Am Posting Solution For Root Lovers Who Like To Login With Root
Fedora 14 Is Just Released and I Am Posting Solution For Root Lovers Who Like To Login With Root
WARNING :- Its not at all good to login as root from GUI. It’ DANGEROUS. BUT if some
one wants to know that how to login as a root from GUI then follow the instructions.
In Fedora 14 You cannot login as a root from gui. By Default, only Normal users are allowed to
login from gui mode.
I Managed to Login as a root from GUI on Fedora 14. Follow these steps and you will able to
Login as a root from GUI on Fedora 14
If You want to login as a root from GUI in Fedora 14 then you have to edit something like some
files which are located to /etc/pam.d/
Open your Te rminal from Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal
[root@ask4itsolutions]# cd /etc/pam.d/
cp gdm gdm.bkp ( always take backup if anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)
Step 3 :- Now Open gdm file in your favourite editor. I am using vi as my editor.
Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
Step 4 :- Save & Exit From that File. ( In Fedora10 Till step 4 is enought to Login as a root from
GUI but for Fedora 14 you need one more file to edit otherwise you cannot Login as a root even
though you edited gdm file).
Step 5 :- Here is the additional file that you need to edit and that file name is gdm-password.
Open gdm-password file in your favourite editor. I am using vi as my editor.
Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
Step 6 :- Save & Exit from File. Now Logout and Try to Login as a root user. Now you are
able to Login as a root user from GUI in Fedora 14.