Linux - KDE/GNOME - How to disable root login

[Francisco Mancardi_1]

Hi!:
I would like to disable root
login from any place (console, telnet, X11 login),
to force the users to login
and after use SU.

Anyone out there know hot to disable root login from the KDE/GNOME login screen ?

Best Regards

Francisco

[Seb_4 · Accepted solution]

Francisco,

Try the following link, and the Disallowing Root Access section:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/security-guide/s1-wstation-privileges.html

Best regards,
Seb

[Kodjo Agbenu]

Hello Francisco,

For gdm : check the [Security] section in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf.

For kdm : check [X-*-Core] section in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.

For xdm ???

Good luck

Kodjo

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,

For GDM ,

In the file /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf put this
AllowRoot=false

regards,
U.SivaKumar