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On Thursday 03 September 2009 22:35:28 Nick Khamis wrote: |
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> When I do a: |
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> rc-update add xdm default |
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> Gentoo does not fire up but rather xdm, and my root login fails even |
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> thought I know its the right username password. |
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Root login to console or root login to X? |
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Almost every sane distro on the planet ships with X root login disabled. This |
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is a very good thing and only stupid people expect otherwise or try to change |
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it. |
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It is also possible to disable root login on the console (via pam) but this is |
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not normally the default. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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