On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 07:34:32PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > Hi Toshiro > I'm on ppc Debian. > > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 00:50, Toshiro wrote: > > I'm running sid and I can login to root from the console but when I try to > > startx if fails, the same happens with the graphical login manager. I don't > > have any problem using a normal user. > > > > Anybody know what's the problem? > > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and/or /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf > > If you change there this > AllowRoot=false > to > AllowRoot=true > > then you should be able to login as root, IINM. >
Thanks, but I wasn't trying to log in as root. Not very smart. What I want is to be able to open a gui editor as root for an Xserver run by a regular user. I found the solution for wdm though, setting DisplayManager._0.authorize: false in /etc/X11/wdm/wdm-config and setting - local: in /etc/X0.hosts Still a bit lax but ok for single user machines. I probably need to learn how to use xauth for better security. > >From the > "Gnome Display Manager Reference Manual" (Gnome Help Browser): > "The Configuration File - gdm.conf" > > Excerpt: > ------------------------- > AllowRoot > AllowRoot=true > > Allow root (privileged user) to log in through GDM. Set this to false if > you want to disallow such logins. On systems that support PAM, this > parameter is not as useful as you can use PAM to do the same thing, and > in fact do even more. However it is still followed, so you should > probably leave it true for PAM systems. > --------------------- > > HTH > > Best Regards > Wolfgang > > > > > Toshiro. > -- > Profile, Links: http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
