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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: [kde] Login root problem
From:       Bogus Zaba <bogzab () blueyonder ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-09-23 16:47:15
Message-ID: 43343193.5080203 () blueyonder ! co ! uk
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Igor Korot wrote:

> Hi, ALL,
> I recently updated my Linux box to KDE 3.4, and I ran into some weird problem.
> I can no longer login as a "root" user. It says "Root login is not permitted." and \
> it throws me back at the login screen. But the problem is I would like to see the \
> ODBCConfig program, and AFAIK the root is the only account that can do that. Is \
> this some new feature on the KDE side, or is it sopmething wrong with my Linux? 
> Thank you for the reply. Please include my E-mail address as I did not signup for \
> the mailing list. 
> Thank you.
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I had this too after upgrading a machine from KDE 3.1 to 3.4 (If I 
remember correctly). I solved it as follows:
Login as aregular user and then run a root shell. I am assuming you know 
how to use a CLI editor like vi or emacs. Navigate to 
/opt/kde3/config/kdm and edit the file kdmrc. There is a line where you 
set AllowRootLogin=true|false. Set it to true and you should be OK.
I imagine that you can do it with Kate or some other GUI editor too but 
you will have to be running the job as root.

Bogus
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