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shivanrathore 07-13-2008 07:54 PM
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

John VV 07-13-2008 08:46 PM
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 .

trickykid 07-13-2008 10:48 PM
man securetty to get you started.

simonapnic 07-14-2008 05:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV (Post 3213457)
I think Ubuntu is the only one that has root ( local) login disabled .
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.

makuyl 07-14-2008 05:24 PM
IIRC, if you have that in etch, you made the choise when the installer asked how you wanted it.

shivanrathore 07-15-2008 07:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by trickykid (Post 3213519)
man securetty to get you started.


can you pls elaborate ?

trickykid 07-15-2008 07:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by shivanrathore (Post 3215036)
can you pls elaborate ?
man securetty <- read the man page. This is the file to control where root can login.


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