[How To] Enable Root Login on Fedora

This article will help you to enable root user on fedora GUI Desktop.

1. Open Terminal from Applications -> System Tools
2. Login into system as root or become superuser.

   su -

   or

   sudo su -

3. Edit /etc/pam.d/gdm configuration file with your favorite editor (first create backup of config file).

   vim /etc/pam.d/gdm

4. Put # before auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet line.

   # auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet

5. Save and exit the editor.
6. Do the same with files in /etc/pam.d/ starting with “pam_” configuration file.
7. Save and close all files, reboot your Fedora system. Now you can login with root.