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Sat, 05/01/2010 - 17:20
Sham Arsiwala
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Login as a root from GUI RHEL6 BETA

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.



In RHEL6 Beta You cannot login as a root from gui. By Default, only Normal users are allowed to login from gui mode.

We at electromech tested RHEL6 beta. Follow these
steps and you will able to Login as a root from GUI on RHEL6 Beta.

If You want to login as a root from GUI in RHEL6 Beta then you have
to edit something like 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 :- [sham@rhel6]$ su – root

Password:-

Step 2:- Now go to your /etc/pam.d/ directory.

[root@rhel6]# cd /etc/pam.d/

Then first take a backup of gdm file

cp gdm gdm.bkp ( 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.

[root@rhel6]#  vi gdm

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

Step 4 :- Save & Exit From that File.

Step 5 :- Here is the additional file that you need to edit and that
file name is gdm-password. Open gdm-password file in your favourite
editor. I am using vi as my editor.

Then first take a backup of gdm-password file

cp gdm-password gdm-password.bkp ( always take backup if anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)

[root@rhel6]# vi gdm-password

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet




Step 6 :- Save & Exit from File. Now Logout and Try to Login as a
root user. Now you are able to Login as a root user from GUI in RHEL6 Beta.

Thanks


Enjoy RHEL6 Beta.



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M.: 9327247499.
ElectroMech Corporation

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Mon, 05/03/2010 - 16:32
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Tejas Barot
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Login as a root from GUI RHEL6 BETA

Hello,


On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Sham Arsiwala <shamarsiwala@gmail.com> wrote:

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.



In RHEL6 Beta You cannot login as a root from gui. By Default, only Normal users are allowed to login from gui mode.

We at electromech tested RHEL6 beta. Follow these
steps and you will able to Login as a root from GUI on RHEL6 Beta.

If You want to login as a root from GUI in RHEL6 Beta then you have
to edit something like 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 :- [sham@rhel6]$ su – root

Password:-

Step 2:- Now go to your /etc/pam.d/ directory.

[root@rhel6]# cd /etc/pam.d/

Then first take a backup of gdm file

cp gdm gdm.bkp ( 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.

[root@rhel6]#  vi gdm

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

Step 4 :- Save & Exit From that File.

Step 5 :- Here is the additional file that you need to edit and that
file name is gdm-password. Open gdm-password file in your favourite
editor. I am using vi as my editor.

Then first take a backup of gdm-password file

cp gdm-password gdm-password.bkp ( always take backup if anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)

[root@rhel6]# vi gdm-password

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet




Step 6 :- Save & Exit from File. Now Logout and Try to Login as a
root user. Now you are able to Login as a root user from GUI in RHEL6 Beta.

Thanks


Thanks a lot for sharing. It's a very nice howto.

 


Enjoy RHEL6 Beta.



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Mon, 05/03/2010 - 15:28
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Linuz Ashu
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Points: 33
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Gd share !!



On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Sham Arsiwala <shamarsiwala@gmail.com> wrote:

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.



In RHEL6 Beta You cannot login as a root from gui. By Default, only Normal users are allowed to login from gui mode.

We at electromech tested RHEL6 beta. Follow these
steps and you will able to Login as a root from GUI on RHEL6 Beta.

If You want to login as a root from GUI in RHEL6 Beta then you have
to edit something like 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 :- [sham@rhel6]$ su – root

Password:-

Step 2:- Now go to your /etc/pam.d/ directory.

[root@rhel6]# cd /etc/pam.d/

Then first take a backup of gdm file

cp gdm gdm.bkp ( 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.

[root@rhel6]#  vi gdm

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

Step 4 :- Save & Exit From that File.

Step 5 :- Here is the additional file that you need to edit and that
file name is gdm-password. Open gdm-password file in your favourite
editor. I am using vi as my editor.

Then first take a backup of gdm-password file

cp gdm-password gdm-password.bkp ( always take backup if anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)

[root@rhel6]# vi gdm-password

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet




Step 6 :- Save & Exit from File. Now Logout and Try to Login as a
root user. Now you are able to Login as a root user from GUI in RHEL6 Beta.

Thanks


Enjoy RHEL6 Beta.



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Regards
SHAM P. ARSIWALA.
RedHat Certified Engineer
M.: 9327247499.
ElectroMech Corporation

www.electromech.info

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Mon, 05/03/2010 - 15:28
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vijay ladke
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Login as a root from GUI RHEL6 BETA
hi,
 
Really very good Knowledge sharing!!!
 
 
Thanks

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Linuz Ashu <ashuforlinux@gmail.com> wrote:

Gd share !!




On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Sham Arsiwala <shamarsiwala@gmail.com> wrote:

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.

In RHEL6 Beta You cannot login as a root from gui. By Default, only Normal users are allowed to login from gui mode.

We at electromech tested RHEL6 beta. Follow these steps and you will able to Login as a root from GUI on RHEL6 Beta.

If You want to login as a root from GUI in RHEL6 Beta then you have to edit something like 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 :- [sham@rhel6]$ su – root
Password:-

Step 2:- Now go to your /etc/pam.d/ directory.

[root@rhel6]# cd /etc/pam.d/

Then first take a backup of gdm file

cp gdm gdm.bkp ( 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.

[root@rhel6]#  vi gdm

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

Step 4 :- Save & Exit From that File.

Step 5 :- Here is the additional file that you need to edit and that file name is gdm-password. Open gdm-password file in your favourite editor. I am using vi as my editor.

Then first take a backup of gdm-password file

cp gdm-password gdm-password.bkp ( always take backup if anything goes wrong you can correct it by original file)

[root@rhel6]# vi gdm-password

Find and Comment or remove this line into your gdm file
auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet


Step 6 :- Save & Exit from File. Now Logout and Try to Login as a root user. Now you are able to Login as a root user from GUI in RHEL6 Beta.

Thanks


Enjoy RHEL6 Beta.



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SHAM P. ARSIWALA.
RedHat Certified Engineer
M.: 9327247499.
ElectroMech Corporation

www.electromech.info

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