F10 and Gnome - not root login

[Bill Davidsen]

Aldo Foot wrote:
> I ran into a problem today for which I already found the answer, but I wanted
> to ask what in the world is going on with F10 and gnome's initial install??
> 
> Today I decided to install F10 for the first time and decided to try out the
> Gnome desktop. The install was clean. Somewhere during the install I was
> asked for the root password. I did noticed I was not given a chance to
> create a regular user account.
> The system booted and I enter the username (root) and its password. So now
> I now that for security reasons root is not allowed to login using the GDM. The
> fix is to edit /etc/pam.d/gdm to comment out the line with "user != root" in it.
> 
> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was not
> offered the chance to create a regular user account during the installation?
> 
> This has to be the most discouraging thing for someone who wants to try out
> fedora for the first time. How in the world is a newbie going to
> figure this things out?
> 
> I skimmed through the release notes and didn't see anything related to this.
> ~af
> 
Had I seen this earlier I would have told you just to go to a non-X console and 
login as root there... The whole thing about not logging as root is "security by 
obscurity" as far as I'm concerned, and is more effective as a barrier to doing 
useful work than keeping users from shooting themselves in the foot.

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