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Chapter 27. The web console

The following chapter contains the most notable changes to the web console between RHEL 8 and RHEL 9.

27.1. Changes to the RHEL web console
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Remote root login disabled on new installations of RHEL 9.2 and later

Due to security reasons, on new installations of RHEL 9.2 and newer, it is not possible to connect to the web console from a remote machine as a root user.

To enable the remote root login:

  1. As a root user, open the /etc/cockpit/disallowed-users file in a text editor.
  2. Remove the root user line from the file.
  3. Save your changes.
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