can't run gnome as root - addition - SOLVED

[Colin Law]

On 3 October 2012 17:22, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl> wrote:
> On 2012-10-03 12:24, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>
>> Tom H wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Patrick Asselman <iceblink at seti.nl>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As far as I'm aware, ssh does (by default) not allow root to login
>>>> anyway,
>>>
>>>
>>> "PermitRootLogin yes" is set by default on Debian and Ubuntu.
>>>
>>
>> And on CentOS & Fedora...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>   Phil...
>
>
> I have to say, this amazes me.
>
> In my opinion this should be changed, to protect the innocent unknowing
> Linux users. The expert users who know what they get themselves into, can
> figure out how to re-enable. Default should be to not permit it. Can anyone
> tell me why it is enabled by default?

Since the root login is disabled (and it is recommended not to enable
it) then it is immaterial whether this is enabled or not.  An innocent
unknowing Linux user will not know how to enable the root login.

Colin