If You want to login as a root from
GUI in Fedora 14 then you have to edit some files which are located to /etc/pam.d/
Open your Terminal from Applications
-> System Tools -> Terminal
Now Login as a root from your
terminal
Step 1 :
su
-
Step 2:- Now go to your /etc/pam.d/
directory.
cd
/etc/pam.d/
Then first take a backup of gdm file
cp
gdm gdm.bkp
Note : (always take backup if
anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)
Step 3 :- Now Open gdm file in your
favourite editor. I am using vi as my editor.
vi
gdm
Then comment out (##) or delete the
entire highlighted line shown and save the file.
change this :
auth
required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
to this :
##auth
required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
Step 4 :- Save & Exit From that
File.
Step 5 :- Open gdm-password file in your favourite editor.
Then first take a backup of
gdm-password file
cp
gdm-password gdm-password.bkp
Note : (always take backup if
anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)
vi
gdm-password
Then comment out (##) or delete the
entire highlighted line shown and save the file.
change this :
auth
required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
to this :
##auth
required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet
Step 6 :- Save & Exit from File.
Log Out and and select Other on the Logon screen and type root for username.
