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Remove root from login window WITHOUT disabling root?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 1073224" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>You really shouldn't be logging in as root - that's what sudo is for, to allow you to access things above your normal permissions level without being logged in as root. On the rare occasion that I really need to have an extended period of access at that level I just do a sudo bash which throws me into a privileged shell. Having a root account that you can actually log into creates potential security risks as root is a well known account that if active can potentially be subject to a dictionary login attack to gain access if you have telnet or ssh daemons accessible where as individual user accounts wouldn't necessarily be known externally what their logins are nor who have sudo priviledges.</p><p></p><p>I honestly don't know if there is a way to remove the "other" option, but you could always change the login screen from the list of users to requiring a name and a password under preferences->accounts->Login Options. Then you would just have to key in your username and password, of course, the login screen isn't quite as pretty as the list of users...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 1073224, member: 89124"] You really shouldn't be logging in as root - that's what sudo is for, to allow you to access things above your normal permissions level without being logged in as root. On the rare occasion that I really need to have an extended period of access at that level I just do a sudo bash which throws me into a privileged shell. Having a root account that you can actually log into creates potential security risks as root is a well known account that if active can potentially be subject to a dictionary login attack to gain access if you have telnet or ssh daemons accessible where as individual user accounts wouldn't necessarily be known externally what their logins are nor who have sudo priviledges. I honestly don't know if there is a way to remove the "other" option, but you could always change the login screen from the list of users to requiring a name and a password under preferences->accounts->Login Options. Then you would just have to key in your username and password, of course, the login screen isn't quite as pretty as the list of users... [/QUOTE]
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