Why is "gdm(pam_unix)[xxxxx]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=root" seen in system logs ?

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Issue

  • Why is "gdm(pam_unix)[xxxxx]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=root" seen in system logs

Aug  8 13:15:56 hostname gdm(pam_unix)[24118]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=  user=root

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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