root in FC 10

[Tony Molloy]

On Friday 05 December 2008 10:20:02 Mike Dwiggins wrote:
> 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

Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm

Find the line which says
auth       required    pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

and replace it with

auth       required    pam_succeed_if.so

Logout and login as root.

Tony
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