how to login as root in fedora 14
How do I login as root in fedora 14?
How do I login as root in fedora 14?
WARNING :- Its not at all good to login as root from GUI. It’ DANGEROUS. BUT if some one wants to know that how to login as a root from GUI then follow the instructions.
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.
Worth pointing out that Fedora 14 is long dead. I'd recommend using a current release for best results :)
Asked: 2013-03-03 10:13:31 -0600
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Last updated: Jun 03 '13