Fedora 10 Enable GUI Login for Root

Scenario / Question:

How do I login as user root on Fedora 10 GUI

Solution / Answer:

Edit the PAM module called pam_succeed_if.so

Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm

Login in as a regular user and open a Terminal (Applications > System Tools > Terminal) and su to root:

$ su -

Change the file /etc/pam.d/gdm using VIM

vi /etc/pam.d/gdm

OR

Change the file /etc/pam.d/gdm using GEDIT

gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm

Comment out the line “auth       required    pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet” by adding the prefix #

#auth       required    pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

Save and Exit the file.