root issues

[David Hopkins]

I finalised the root account a while ago but I am still not permitted
to login to the desktop as root (not that I ever should yada yada
yada!). I can of course login to the console as root and start an X
session manually but it'd be nice to be able to login through the GUI
as well.

On 12/05/06, Mitch Thompson <mitchthompson at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> john e wrote:
>
> > I've seen that bugginess too. Try doing it a second time. Sometimes
> > the escalation dies (don't know why).
> >
> > Alternately, try the command "kdesu kcontrol" (without quotes) or
> > kdesu program_name.
> > It tends to work better
> >
> > On 5/12/06, Aaron J. Shafenberg <aaronjames at shafenberg.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm extremely new to Linux, let alone each individual distribution of
> >> it;
> >> you have to start somewhere though! So bare with me please.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have installed Kubuntu 5.1 Breezy on my laptop which is a Dell
> >> Inspiron
> >> 6000, the install goes smoothly and I'm able to log into Kubuntu with no
> >> problems. its after the log in when I'm trying to configure certain
> >> items
> >> that it tells me I need to get root access, I provide my password and
> >> sometimes it works and I'm able to change what I want and sometimes
> >> it won't
> >> work.  It won't allow root logins so is there a way that I can login
> >> without
> >> always needing to click the "Administrator Mode" button so that I'm
> >> freely
> >> able to configure what I want?
> >
> Kubuntu users who, like me, are comfortable with using the root login
> can do the following: (note: if you do this, you take responsibility for
> any damage you might do to your system!)
>
> sudo passwd root
>
> You will be prompted for your normal user account password, then the
> passwd program will run, giving you the opportunity to give  your root
> account a password.
>
> You can now log in as root.
>
> Mitch
>
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