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07-13-2008, 07:54 PM
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disable root login
can some body tell me how to disable root login in GUI , i mean x-manager , usually we cannot loginin as root(x11) in ubuntu but fedora allows root login in xwindow
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07-13-2008, 08:46 PM
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fedora 7,8,or 9 in fedora 9 that could be "fun" you may need to rewright the gdm xml file
with a strong password in fedora for root the gdm login should not matter , I think Ubuntu is the only one that has root ( local) login disabled .
Last edited by John VV; 07-13-2008 at 08:50 PM.
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07-13-2008, 10:48 PM
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man securetty to get you started.
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07-14-2008, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by John VV
I think Ubuntu is the only one that has root ( local) login disabled .
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Last time I checked, Debian Etch had that feature.
As a matter of fact, it was turned on by default when I installed it.
I guess all Debian-based distributions have that. |
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07-14-2008, 05:24 PM
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IIRC, if you have that in etch, you made the choise when the installer asked how you wanted it.
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07-15-2008, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by trickykid
man securetty to get you started.
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can you pls elaborate ? |
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07-15-2008, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by shivanrathore
can you pls elaborate ?
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man securetty <- read the man page. This is the file to control where root can login. |
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