logging in as root on fedora 10

mike at bcdaudio · 12-12-2008, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by andy1974

i installed the latest fedora 10 preview but found that i can not log in as root. when i try it says unable to auth user. i thought i might have messed up during install so i reinstalled and still have the same issue. any ideas?

Hello Andy,
Just installed Fedora 10 , and yes I agree with you.
There are some network set snags as well as a Grub snag, and if you cannot log in as root you cant edit the files.
Any help anyone?

Mike

emuub · 12-12-2008, 09:57 AM

Try reading the thread before asking......
steved123 has your answer.
MIke

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Originally Posted by steved123

You can't log on as root. To move files and modify permissions do this.
open a terminal
su
enter root's password
sudo dolphin

Now you have file manager superuser access.