root in FC 10

[Todd Zullinger]

Gene Heskett wrote:
>>Disabling root login is a common security practice. Sounds like it's
>>been disabled by default in F10. That's got to be a good thing.
> 
> Apparently so, but then the install doesn't add the one user it asks
> you to define to the sudoers file, and to fix that requires a reboot
> to single mode.

No it doesn't.  You run "su -c visudo" and add the user you want.

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