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Old 09-05-2006, 02:17 AM
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I'm using FC5 when i try to login through KDE from root. i get error "Root logins are not allowd" but in shell i can login from root. there is just problem to login from root in GUI.any help please.


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Open file /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
Code:
vi /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc
Find AllowRootLogin and set it to true
Code:
AllowRootLogin=true
Save the change and reboot the system. Please note that if you don't find kdmrc file use following command to find the corret location:

Code:
find / -name "kdmrc" -print
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