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Feature changed by: Stephan Kulow (coolo)
Feature #307392, revision 8
  Title: Disable logging as root by default
   
  openSUSE-11.2: Rejected by Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger)
  reject date: 2009-08-13 17:17:24
  reject reason: After 11.2 feature deadline.
  Priority
      Requester: Mandatory
   
- openSUSE-11.3: Evaluation by project manager
- Priority
-     Requester: Mandatory
   
  Requested by: Piotrek Juzwiak (benderbendingrodriguez)
  Partner organization: openSUSE.org
   
Description:
  As some people may not understand the linux operating system principles
  they often log in as root which in some cases may be disastrous. I
  propose to disable logging as root by default, the user can always
  obtain root privileges by invoking su or su -. If there would be some
  advanced users that really need to log in as root then they will know
  how to "unlock" that.
  If i'm correct it's just a matter of adjusting some scripts right?
   
  Discussion:
  #1: Michael Löffler (michl19) (2010-01-18 13:40:09) 
  I don't see that an issue for openSUSE. At least I never heard issus
  about that. So I tend to reject that one.
   
  #2: Michal Marek (michal-m) (2010-01-18 14:18:48) 
  At least on the text console, root login should be possible.
   
  #3: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-01-19 02:05:07) 
  If there is destructive potential, it will unfold even without a root
  account.
   
  #4: Stephan Kulow (coolo) (2010-01-21 16:55:33) 
  I will leave this open for vote a bit longer - right now I would reject
  it - 2 positive against 10 negative.
   
   
   

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openSUSE Feature: 
https://features.opensuse.org/307392