Environment: 8.2 Suse Professional i386 (athlon kernel-source-2.4.20.SuSE-100 ) KDE 3.1.4 from SuSE supplementary directory KDM RPM: kdebase3-kdm-3.1.4-34 /etc/passwd entry for root root:x:0:0:Konqi:/root:/bin/bash The name Konqi as root was added with a PNG file for KDM to display, cute little 64x64 pixel 3D dragon that he is. I have remote login and shutdown disabled via "Control Center->System Administration->Login Manager". System UID set to Below 0 and Above 65000. "unhidden with every hidden but root (before I had Below 500 and had "Selected only" which included "root"). Unable to login to root via KDM. Message is "root logins are not allowed". Nothing in /var/log about the attempt but this: Oct 1 06:33:34 cueball resmgr[1227]: accepted connection from user root Oct 1 06:33:34 cueball resmgr[1227]: disconnect from root # cat /etc/pam.d/login #%PAM-1.0 auth requisite pam_unix2.so nullok #set_secrpc auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_nologin.so #auth required pam_homecheck.so auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_mail.so account required pam_unix2.so password required pam_pwcheck.so nullok password required pam_unix2.so nullok use_first_pass use_authtok session required pam_unix2.so none # debug or trace session required pam_limits.so I suspect something wrong with my PAM configuration. I did no editing explicitly of these files. There is a /etc/pam.d/xdm but not a /etc/pam.d/kdm "login root" from command line fails and goes away before an error can be detected. "su - root" works. Anyone know what file I have to tweak or what I am doing wrong? TIA for any help. Regards. Bob Pearson -- I am unique and special, just like everyone else.