root in FC 10

[Mike Dwiggins]

Thanks,

I will give that a try


Nick Price wrote:
> Hi
>  
> I had the same problem
>  
> do this...  got this from this group earlier and it worked for me
>
> su - root
> password: <whatever it is>
>
> edit /etc/pam.d
> vi /etc/pam.d (or use your favorite editor)
> look for a line that has:
> user != root (or something like that)
> comment out the line, or delete it...
>
> save the file, log out, log back in, end you should be able to access as
> root...
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 03:20:02 -0700
> > From: mike at azdwiggins.com
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: root in FC 10
> >
> > I upgraded a throw away test system from FC 8 to FC 10. When it
> > finished, I tried logging in as root user and could not.
> >
> > Logging in as a normal user I went to a text session and the su command
> > worked with the old root password.
> >
> > Did I do something wrong or is this something new to 10?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
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