Update
This works with Ubuntu 11.10
Few minutes back I completed Ubuntu 9.10 installation. Now I am using latest Ubuntu for my routine work.
As I have already expressed my love with root access in previous post, this time I was looking for a way to use root login for GUI. One of my colleague who loves Ubuntu found simple way to login root over GUI.
Following are the two steps required.
sudo passwd root
once password for root is reset. You can login root on GUI using Other.. option available on Login Screen
With the earlier version of Fedora & Ubuntu root access was blocked by default. for GUI but this time all you need to do is to reset password for root.
Although this is not recommended for normal PC user, but many linux admin will love this, as it saves time to find alternate way to get root login.
I have tried it. When I enter command in terminal and press enter, it says command not found.
any help?
you must have entered something wrong.
all you need is to enter
sudo passwd root
I was also looking for this exact thing for a while. Too bad I didn’t come here first, for the simple solution, rather than go on a long rabbit-trail of complicated failures.
thanx for such a nice tip…..
i was searching for the same
thanx
The quickest & best trick for Ubuntu ever!! Thanks for fixing Ubuntu’s only major problem.
thanks alot mate it helped alot
Thanks for the tip. I’m running 9.10 in a VirtualBox on windows XP and it is doing excellent work so far. The information you give here is great. Thanks.
Chris Bradley