[SOLVED] Need a superuser gui in Fedora in the startup screen
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Need a superuser gui in Fedora in the startup screen
In the bootup gui screen the top user is a superuser.
Mine was user Barry.
I used in a terminal the command to change the password passwd Barry and changed the password.
I then found Barry was no longer a superuser and Barry had a default screen without my usual desktop.
Rather than a fresh install I would like to restore the gui superuser
I think the answer lies in the etc/passwd file with the lines
root x:0:0:root
and
user x:0:0:user
where user is the top most user on the startup gui screen.
Fedora 26 / Wayland may have changed restricions on GUI as UID 0. I found:
(tho I do not understand it!!! polkit? I gave up at PAM)
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Unfortunately and fortunately, you can't launch an application with a GUI as root in a Wayland session.
e.g. this? Maybe someone who has the resources (I don't, sorry) could try what OP is doing/asking, before answering (like in a disposable F26 VBox VM).
Can/have you tried (tho logging in as root is strongly advised against)
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Start a Gnome with an Xorg session: After clicking your username [root] in GDM (the greeter/login manager), click the little gear and select Xorg, then enter your [root] password
No it's not: it's related. And in your case I agree I'd rather see you stay with your previous thread on the subject. Especially since it seems there may be a misunderstanding of certain concepts and lack of basic information given plus I get the distinct feeling you're bent on weaken the security posture of your Fedora installation no matter the amount of Red Flags fellow LQ members try to raise.
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No it's not: it's related. And in your case I agree I'd rather see you stay with your previous thread on the subject. Especially since it seems there may be a misunderstanding of certain concepts and lack of basic information given plus I get the distinct feeling you're bent on weaken the security posture of your Fedora installation no matter the amount of Red Flags fellow LQ members try to raise.
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Good to hear. Please post your solution in the other thread for others to learn from and mark it "solved", thanks!
I have solved it myself in the other thread and I clearly said that I was not making it solved as know one gave me the answer. I therefore did not mark it as solved as stated in the heading.
I have marked it as solved in this thread as you know I do not think the threads are at all the same.
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Ah OK. Since your problem essentially was solved there I'll mark that thread "solved" for you.
No, you should not as I had to solve it for myself only if it was solved by those who helped should it be marked solved.
It was not solved by those who contributed so it should not be marked as solve that is the rule.
You would clearly be miss using your position. Change the rule if you disagree but do not mark it as solved otherwise you would do the same when
anyone made a contribution however inane.
had interesting input from the contributors which lead me to learn a lot. I thank them for that as they made a great effort to help.
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