Matthew Woehlke wrote:
darrell pfeifer wrote:
> 2008/9/12 Dr. Diesel <dr.diesel(a)gmail.com>
>
>> Booting normally to GDM, using normal root login gives me unable to
>> authenticate user. If I boot to init3, my user/pass works just fine,
>> then I
>> can startx. I attempted passwd and reset my pass with no luck!
>>
>> Anybody else? Should I file this under GDM?
>>
>
> The gdm changelog says
>
> * Tue Sep 09 2008 Jon McCann <jmccann(a)redhat.com> - 1:2.23.92-2
> - Disallow root login
>
> So it is intentional
So... what exactly are we supposed to do when the user login gets hosed?
Reach for a rescue disk? (Seriously, what's with the sudden trend to
make fixing problems harder by making recovery modes inaccessible in an
apparent bid to hide the "confusing/potentially dangerous" bits of the
system from the user?)
CTRL+ALT+F1
Login as root there
fix it
CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to GDM
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