----- Original Message -----
From: "Antony Stone" <Antony.Stone@???>
To: <dng@???>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2026 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [DNG] Enabling root login in Daedalus


> On Monday 05 January 2026 at 15:15:13, Ismael L. Donis Garcia wrote:
>
>> However, I can't log in as the root user. How do I enable root access so
>> I
>> can log in?
>
> How are you trying to log in?
>
> 1 - at a text console using the machine's keyboard
> 2 - at a graphical desktop environment
> 3 - over a network using SSH
> 4 - something else?
>
> 1 - should "simply work" provided you know the root password you set
> whilst
> doing the installation (!)
>
> 2 - I would not expect to work - you should not log in as root for a
> graphical
> desktop session
>
> 3 - won't work until you have copied your private key to the root account
> on
> the machine, or enabled root password login on the SSH configuration
>
> 4 - please give more details :)
>
>
> Antony.
>
> --
> The difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no
> difference, whereas in practice there is.
>

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> me.

I tried logging into several graphical environments:
Mate
KDE
LXQT
XFCE

I can't log into any of them. I'm using the "sddm" window manager.

And I'm entering the password correctly.

If I type su- in a console and enter the password, it works, but it still
won't let me log in to a graphical environment.

Best Regards
--
Ismael
Web Site: https://gitlab.uic.cu/ismael.donis/