Re: upgrading and stuff

From	"Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: upgrading and stuff
Date	2021-09-27 16:30 +0200
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On Sunday 26 September 2021 01:59:05 pm Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Follow the clues form the blog below:
> 
> https://economictheoryblog.com/2015/11/08/how-to-enable-gui-root-login-in-debian-8/
> 
> Edit /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf and add 
> 
> AllowRoot=true under [security]
> 
> Then edit /etc/pam.d/gdm-password and comment out (with a #) the line
> 
> auth required pam_succeed_if.so.user != root quiet_success

That stuff is already done on this system.  I looked over that post and several related ones,  and it's apparent to me that the steps required are different from one version to another.  Given that,  I'm beginning to think that a textmode login might be my best choice,  followed by startx,  to simplify things.

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upgrading and stuff "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2021-09-25 23:40 +0200
  Re: upgrading and stuff Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-09-26 00:10 +0200
    Re: upgrading and stuff Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 11:30 +0200
    Re: upgrading and stuff "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2021-09-26 18:50 +0200
      Re: upgrading and stuff "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-26 19:30 +0200
  Re: upgrading and stuff songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-09-26 00:30 +0200
    Re: upgrading and stuff Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-09-26 01:20 +0200
      Re: upgrading and stuff Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2021-09-26 09:10 +0200
  Re: upgrading and stuff Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-09-26 00:40 +0200
    Re: upgrading and stuff "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2021-09-26 19:10 +0200
      Re: upgrading and stuff Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-26 19:50 +0200
      Re: upgrading and stuff "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-26 20:00 +0200
        Re: upgrading and stuff "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2021-09-27 16:30 +0200

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