[TriLUG] Mandrake root login problem

[Brian Ray Plummer]

You are correct!!!! It is generally considered more secure to su to root
than allow someone to login in as root from the get go.  Someone would
have to compromise a user account to become root instead of being able to
log in as root.


Brian Ray Plummer
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Email: gte223j at prism.gatech.edu

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Daniel Monjar wrote:

> I just installed a new Mandrake 9.1 box... during setup I chose the
> 'Higher' security setting (where 1 is least security and 4 is most I picked
> 3).
>
> It won't let me login as root from the console.  I can login as a normal
> user and 'su' to root but I can't login to root directly.  I've never seen
> this before.  I'm assuming it is part of picking 3, correct?
>
> --
> Daniel Monjar
> Manager, Technical Services
> bioMérieux, Inc.
> Durham, NC US
>