[SOLVED] Login problem after fedora10 installation

gautamshaw · 08-15-2009, 06:07 AM

Today i installed fedora10.

Unfortunately it does not allow the users to enter as the root directly after inatallation.

So in the file /etc/pam.d/gdm i tried to removed the !=root quite part and tried to save the file......

But unfortunately while saving the file i got this message:

You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.

And then i cant save the file.

The last time (a few months before) i did the same thing and i was able to login as the root.

Now what should i do so that i can enter as the root?

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-15-2009, 06:42 AM

Did you try to do this exercise as the root user or as a normal user?

repo · 08-15-2009, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Now what should i do so that i can enter as the root?

Could you tell me why you want to login as root in the GUI?
It's a security risk, there is a reason why it is this way.

However, open a terminal and become root by using su or sudo
And do the changes

gautamshaw · 08-15-2009, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wim Sturkenboom

Did you try to do this exercise as the root user or as a normal user?

well if i would have been a root user then why would i post this thread over here?

gautamshaw · 08-15-2009, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Could you tell me why you want to login as root in the GUI?
It's a security risk, there is a reason why it is this way.

However, open a terminal and become root by using su or sudo
And do the changes

I dont know the proper syntax of su or sudo command.......

Can you help me out of this?

repo · 08-15-2009, 07:40 AM

open a terminal and type

Code:

su -

then type the root password.

I would strongly suggest to do some reading.
http://www.fedorafaq.org/

gautamshaw · 08-15-2009, 08:07 AM

ok i did it......

Can you tell me the uses of this sudo command?

repo · 08-15-2009, 08:10 AM

Take a look at
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...-f10.html#sudo

I would suggest NOT to login as root in the GUI, use su or sudo if you want to perform root tasks
su or sudo will give you root privileges while performing root tasks

Wim Sturkenboom · 08-16-2009, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gautamshaw

well if i would have been a root user then why would i post this thread over here?

You could already have used repo's 'su -' and it did not work or you could have used <ctrl><alt><F1> to switch to a console and login as root and it did not work.

I wanted to make sure that we were on the same wavelength (and we obviously were not

)