On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 13:57 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 08:05:25AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
>
>>> What's the rationale (again?) for disabling root login?
>>>
>> I assume its to make sure that if your LDAP or NIS services fail you
>> are totally screwed and cannot rescue the machine.
>>
>
> Proposed alternative: enable root logins, but customize the default root
> GUI environment so it is a clear and simple rescue/configuration workspace,
> not just another user's desktop.
>
+1 Great idea!!!
Default root desktop with only System --> administration, Terminal and
some text editors
Identical in both Gnome and KDE..
Even better force root to login only with twm (or something worst if it
exists) and only a xterm ... now that would be a great punishment for
not doing as told <g>
Simo.