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Date:      Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:05:23 -0500
From:      cpet <cpet@sdf.org>
To:        arnab bhowmick <arnabbhowmick111@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need a solution for rooting issue
Message-ID:  <b3515c8076cb1243b8ccae248c8071e2@sdf.org>
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On 2015-04-11 12:46, arnab bhowmick wrote:
> hi, friends i have installed freebsd 10.1 release with kde. i am able 
> to
> access my access my account as a normal user. but when i am trying to 
> login
> as a root it saying me that "root login are not allowed". how can i 
> resolve
> this problem?
> Thanks in advance
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In practice the root user shouldn't be able to login directly and users 
should use sudo for that. But FreeBSD doesn't do this setup yet. I have 
my system setup that root is disabled and sudo only works with that. 
This way you can limit users to certain cmds such as user Lisa can 
shutdown but user bob can't, su well any user in wheel can shutdown 
etc.. You are of course entitled to do as you wish with your box and 
it's a pita how programs force this but it's for your own good.



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