HI,

ok was succesfully able to use use windows 2000 AD domain user names on my linux red hat 9.0 box. local users can also login through GUI but root cannot.

to enable users to login through te GUI prompt of red hat i changed the file gdm in the pam.d directory.

presently my gdm file is some thing lilke this

[junaid@NIIT158 pam.d]$ more gdm
#%PAM-1.0
auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_first_pass shadow nullok

account required /lib/security/pam_winbind.so

password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth

session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0022
session required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session optional pam_console.so

can any one plz tell me what change do i make so that root can also login through gdm.

um you've probably already done this but in the file /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf it should be AllowRemoteRoot=true
you can also change this with gdmconfig, i think.

the problem is some thing else.

cause when i checked that /etc/X11/gdm.conf

in the security sections the AllowRoot= parameter was true

i also added gdm in the securetty file but still things dont work.

Hi Look problem is
#%PAM-1.0
auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so <--Here
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_first_pass shadow nullok

comment that line by putting {B]#[/B] at the beging of the line.i think it should work because pam man page says that pam_nologin.so file wont let u log in .
u may also try these entries in you pam.d/gdm if above does not work

auth required pam_env.so
auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
auth required pam_nologin.so
account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session optional pam_console.so

to do this make a back of your /pam.d/gdm before trying this
hope it works for you for you
askjha