Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Denis Leroy wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Denis Leroy wrote:
>>> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>>> since there isn't normally a reason to do that
>>>
>>> I beg to differ here, that are many scenarios where the security
>>> issues are irrelevant. I see such systems on a daily basis here at
>>> work.
>>
>> You snipped out the later part of my mail. If security concerns are
>> irrelevant, just turn on the option to enable root login just like
>> you are free to turn off the firewall or SELinux.
>
> Is that an anaconda option ? Obviously it's impossible to run gdmsetup
> since one can't login as root :-)
Why would it be impossible? Anaconda allows to set a root password and
first boot asks for setting up a normal user. Login via the normal user
and use su to run gdmsetup or switch to a virtual terminal and login as
root.
Creating a normal user is not mandatory in anaconda (as it should be).
Maybe anaconda should only enable the option if no normal users were
creating during installation ? The idea here is to avoid a scenario
where after a successful X installation you just can't login into the
system!