On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 04:40:31PM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Finally got Debain installed & running.
>> But it won't accept my root password through Gnome or KDE,
> no su.
>> it had no problem during install setup no illegal character in pw.
>> it's not a typo, because it's the second time it's happened, re-installed,
> same thing.
I'm not sure what the default setting is in Debian, but you should probably
check /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
Under the security section, there is a setting called AllowRoot. You should
make sure its set to true.
Cheers,
John
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