"root logins are not allowed"

newbiesforever · 02-20-2010, 03:27 PM

Something has caused me to be locked out of root; the KDE login screen now says "root logins are not allowed." It's not as though I don't know the password--I set it up. I might have deleted something I'm not supposed to, because before this, root had also become invisible at the KDE login screen. Any suggestions?

AlucardZero · 02-20-2010, 03:39 PM

switch to a TTY (ctrl+alt+f1) and log in. it might be set in kdmrc so change it.

From google - http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.p..._Login_for_KDM

druidmatrix · 02-20-2010, 05:32 PM

What is the shell for root in /etc/passwd? Make sure it is a valid shell.

newbiesforever · 02-20-2010, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlucardZero

switch to a TTY (ctrl+alt+f1) and log in. it might be set in kdmrc so change it.

From google - http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.p..._Login_for_KDM

Thank you, that solved the problem. The relevant line is kdmrc was set fo false. But why was it? I wasn't fooling around with it, so what might have happened? A corrupted file?

rich_c · 02-21-2010, 03:27 AM

I just checked on both my Mepis 8 boxes that are up at the moment and AllowRootLogin was set to true. I've set it to false. I'll take the extra bit of security that provides.

newbiesforever · 02-21-2010, 11:37 AM

Okay, but as for me, I am the only user; it's my computer. No one else in my home knows how to log in as root or what root is.

ronlau9 · 02-21-2010, 11:50 AM

Well I am the only user of my linux box too.
Still I never log in as root in the GUI.
My personal reasons for not doing so, is that the GUI hide a lot of system messages .
And if I do perform root task I like to see all this messages.
Hoping to know if something is going wrong , where and what was wrong.
But yes this only my opinion

bret381 · 02-21-2010, 12:09 PM

have you recently done an upgrade or just installed mepis? I know ubuntu and fedora do not allow gui root logins by default. If you just upgraded, that may be a new "feature". If you haven't not sure what would make it change by itself

newbiesforever · 02-21-2010, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bret381

have you recently done an upgrade or just installed mepis? I know ubuntu and fedora do not allow gui root logins by default. If you just upgraded, that may be a new "feature". If you haven't not sure what would make it change by itself

It's been a while since I reinstalled MEPIS, but I might have removed something I sholdn't have...

micxz · 02-21-2010, 03:25 PM

Some other discussions:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nd-why-788205/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...in-gui-786100/

My favorite:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...empts.-599646/

buzzybeemarketing · 07-25-2010, 06:00 AM

I uninstalled gnome (gdm) trying to solve another x problem. The computer took me to a more basic graphical interface where I couldn't login as root.

So I entered run level 2 and turned off selinux by appending the following to kernel line

selinux=0 2

That let me login to the shell with networking enabled. There I reinstalled gnome.

I then rebooted under run level 5 with selinux=0 appended to kernel line. That allowed me to login as root.

John VV · 07-25-2010, 07:41 PM

buzzybeemarketing
please start new thread and not drag up a 5 month old thread

Also WHAT distro are you using ???
Fedora?, CentOS 5.? , RHEL 5.?
-- what ??? --

buzzybeemarketing · 07-26-2010, 12:48 AM

Why does it matter if thread is old? This is the page that showed up in the search engine when I looked for solution. I thought it would be helpful. How about a little appreciation that I even took the time to post a follow up and help the community. I'll just find another forum.

Aquarius_Girl · 07-26-2010, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzybeemarketing

Why does it matter if thread is old? This is the page that showed up in the search engine when I looked for solution. I thought it would be helpful. How about a little appreciation that I even took the time to post a follow up and help the community. I'll just find another forum.

Hello, and welcome to LQ !

Well this thread is not *too* old, and it is nice that you bothered to post up the solution, but generally you should not post in threads older than 6 months unless you have a very solid reason for doing so.

Hope you enjoy your stay here

EDIT
and do specify your distro in your earlier post !

newbiesforever · 07-26-2010, 12:43 PM

Yes, well, the OP--me--isn't complaining.