[colug-432] Root Login Debian

[Rick Troth]

> Everytime I boot and then login to Debian 5.0.1 as root I get message
> "The system administrator is not allowed to login from this screen"

Check your /etc/securetty file.
You probably want "console" as well as the virtuals "tty1", "tty2",
and so on.  Maybe others.

Is this graphical?  X consoles can/should also be listed if you will
use them.  The syntax is ":0", ":0.0", ":0.1" and ":1" and so forth.
I never use X login for root anymore.  First time GNome or KDE kicked
me out (as root), I simply did the Alt-F1 trick and used on of the
text mode virtual consoles.  Better anyway.

HOWEVER, it is good practice to avoid logging on as root and go the
'sudo' route when possible.

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