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2009-09-27

Allow root to login in GDM

To configure GDM to allow root login, the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom file needs to be modified. If the file doe not exist, just make a copy of /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

The reason to use this file instead of the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file is the the latter can be changed during an update, and in later versions of GDM, the gdm.conf-custom file has been provided for user overrides of settings.

Add the following entry in the [security] section:
AllowRoot=true
PS: If you want to login as root using a remote X session, just add the following entry:

AllowRemoteRoot=true

Restart GDM, that's it.

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