Re: GDM 2.0beta2 doesn't let root to login




On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Benjamin Klein-Fignier wrote:

> I have a problem with gdm. Since I have installed gdm 2.00beta2, root
> can't login with gdm !!! It shut X down with no restart, I have to run a
> killall gdm to restart it ! 
> Note, root login is allowed in gdm.conf
> 
> Thanks for your help !
> 
> Ben.

Try to set AllowRoot to 0 instead of 1. It seems that a "!" is missing
from the code (gdm2/daemon/verify.c line 146). It defaults to 1 in gdm.h,
too. It should be called "DenyRoot", at least.

BTW, gdm2 is great!

Zun.




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