Bug 2797

Summary:	terminal session: cannot login as root
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Markus Mertens <Markus.Mertens>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal
Version:	1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	security.conf

Description Markus Mertens 2011-09-21 09:59:05 CEST

Description of problem:

Running a normal KDE desktop session I can open a konsole and change to root via 'su'. But if I press Ctrl+Alt+F4 and start a terminal session I cannot login as root.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Mageia 1 updated from Mandriva 2010.2


How reproducible:

Every time I attempt to login as root.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F4
2. login: root
3. entering correct password fails

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-09-21 11:01:02 CEST

can you *attach* the file /etc/security/msec/security.conf ?

Component: Release (media, process) => RPM Packages

Comment 2 Markus Mertens 2011-09-21 20:48:19 CEST

Created attachment 816 [details]
security.conf

Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2011-09-21 21:30:40 CEST

in the file /etc/security/msec/level.secure you can see: ALLOW_ROOT_LOGIN=no

So that is a feature not a bug. You can use msecgui to have a standard level, or to change this key.

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2011-09-21 21:31:22 CEST

so I close this one.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID