[CentOS] CentOS 8

Thu Apr 8 19:50:13 UTC 2021
Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner at bc.edu>

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 2:33 PM Nicolas Kovacs <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.