release-notes/devel/en_US Desktop.xml,1.23,1.24

Paul W. Frields (pfrields) fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sat Sep 22 19:42:23 UTC 2007


Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv3752

Modified Files:
	Desktop.xml 
Log Message:
Sync content from wiki; root login no longer disabled in GNOME.



Index: Desktop.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Desktop.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.23
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -r1.23 -r1.24
--- Desktop.xml	19 Sep 2007 23:43:46 -0000	1.23
+++ Desktop.xml	22 Sep 2007 19:42:20 -0000	1.24
@@ -17,20 +17,6 @@
     users.
   </para>
 
-  <section id="sn-gui-root-login">
-    <title>Graphical Root Login Disabled</title>
-    <para>This release disables login for the root user via the GNOME
-      Display Manager. The best practice for security is to run
-      individual programs with root privileges, rather than login
-      directly as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.
-      Administration tools in Fedora are gradually migrating to using
-      <ulink
-	url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeaturePolicyKit">PolicyKit</ulink>, 
-      which makes graphical login as <systemitem
-	class="username">root</systemitem> both unnecessary and strongly
-      discouraged.</para>
-  </section>
-
   <section id="sn-GNOME">
     <title>GNOME</title>
     <para>




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