Root can't login (not a password issue)

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Tue May 10 21:30:15 UTC 2005


On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 05:26:48PM -0400, neidorff wrote:
> I have configured kdm as my login manager for kde.  It seems that
> there is some sort of system wide policy that doesn't allow root
> logins into kde.  Where is this set and how can I change it? If its
> not a good idea, could someone please explain why?  (I can "su -" with
> no problem in a terminal)

It's not a good idea because GUI applications aren't generally safe to run
as root, especially when they may have network access.

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