On Thu 24 Mar 2016 at 09:42:51 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Or simply "sudo bash --login" > > I haven't needed to use root login for years, > > In which sense is this not a "root login"?
You don't log in. You don't get the shell specified in /etc/passwd. You're just running bash as a login shell, ie it starts up differently. > Or would "su -" not be considered a root login either? No. > What about "ssh root@localhost"? Yes. Type w and you'll see the time at which you just logged in. Try all these methods as an ordinary user. Then touch /etc/nologin and try them again. Shells work, logins don't. Cheers, David.
