On 4/9/21 10:31 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 4/9/21 5:18 AM, Steve Clark via CentOS wrote: >> On 4/8/21 3:50 PM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 2:33 PM Nicolas Kovacs >> <info at microlinux.fr><mailto:info at microlinux.fr> wrote: >> >> >> >> Le 08/04/2021 à 18:58, Steve Clark via CentOS a écrit : >> >> >> How do I allow root log in on GDM. >> >> >> >> tl;dr: you don't. >> >> Log in as a non-root user, and when you do need root, either open up a >> terminal >> and use 'su -' or (even better) setup your user by making your user a >> member of >> the wheel group and then use sudo. >> >> Logging in to a GUI as root is *BAD* practice. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Niki >> >> >> >> >> >> That said - you can do it, by clicking on "Not listed?" and typing root >> into the user field. >> >> Yes I have done that and it immediately comes back to the login screen, >> I know I am typing the >> correct passwd, because if I botch the passwd I get a message to that >> effect. >> >> >> > > I would not recommend ever using the GUI as the root user .. it creates > keys and items that are very dangerous. (gnome key rings, etc) > +1000 > You should be able to 'su -' , then use visudo to create a sudo account > for your user. You can even NOPASSWD your user for using sudo (you may > or may not want to do that .. if someone gains access to your local > account, they could then sudo with no passwd). > In the past I even avoided sudo. It yet one more SUID-ed binary on your machine. Which may add to your potential [local, in general] vulnerability footprint. su, - making yourself root is more than enough for regular sysadmin. > But, i have never, ever logged in as root on a GUI account directly on a > machine that I cared about or was keeping live .. just advise, do with > it what you will. > +1 To OP: Do as you wish, and deal with consequences. Valeri > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++