Bug 2797 - terminal session: cannot login as root
Summary: terminal session: cannot login as root
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 1
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2011-09-21 09:59 CEST by Markus Mertens
Modified: 2011-09-21 21:31 CEST (History)
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security.conf (18 bytes, text/plain)
2011-09-21 20:48 CEST, Markus Mertens 		Details
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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
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