[K12OSN] [K12LTSP] enable root login from remote-terminal

LarryT guess.who at freesurf.fr
Wed Nov 8 15:47:57 UTC 2006


In both kdmrc and kdmrc.ltsp i changed the two lines with *true*, but i 
still have the same "admin is not allowed to login..."
Do i need to restart anything for it works ?

Regards,
Larry

John Lucas wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 07:09, you wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have recently installed K12LTSP 5.0. Login as root from remote
>> terminal seens to be disable. Since my servers are not in the same place
>> where i am, i would like to know how i could enable the root login from
>> remote terminal, please .
>>
> 
> You don't say which login manager you are using. I use KDM and in order to 
> allow root logins I had to manually edit the /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc file and 
> change *two* lines from:
> 
> 	AllowRootLogin=false
> to 	
> 	AllowRootLogin=true
> 
> This line appears *twice* in the file, so change both instances.
> 
> If you are using GDM or XDM, then the exact change will be different, but 
> their configuration is where the change is made.
> 




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