11.10 root login as guest

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Mon 17 Oct 2011 22:07:32 SAST, Hermann J. Beckers wrote:
> I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 in a VM and added a password to root. I can
> login with root as "other" on the LigthDM login screen. But after login the
> login name shown in the upper right corner is not "root" but "guest".
>
> Bug or feature?
>
> Yours
> hjb
>

Hi Hermann,

This seems like a bug, the relevant username should be displayed 
instead, in this case root. Can you file a bug report on launchpad.net 
or simply use ubuntu-bug indicator-session through ALT + F2 (Run 
Command).

Thanks

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Best of luck,

Bruce