[Ubuntu-BD] Gear

[Nasimul Haque]

2008/12/14 Shahriar Tariq <shahriar at linux.org.bd>:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:42 AM, shiplu <shiplu.net at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> An existence of such website (http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/) clearly
>> indicates how lazy people are in googling.
>>
>
> humm sometimes laziness is not the reason
>
> sometimes too much information overshadows the right info we are looking
> for....

Agreed! But Google really couldn't fail me yet if I can enter the
correct phrase I'm looking for.

>
> for instance I need to set root user to gui temporarily,, when I google all
> I get is GUI solution (and I don't have gui to root privileged account right
> now :( )

It has been discussed many times. To enable root user you just need to
set a password for root user. To do that run

sudo passwd

Now you've enabled root user.

To disable it run

sudo passwd -l root

That's it.

By the way, I found the disabling part through google again. Just
queried "ubuntu enable root user". The first result is this -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

> I have been googling for 30-45min without luck... so its easier to ask you
> Can you help me :P

Of course, anyone is welcome for the query. We are THE community, right?

Nasim

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M. Nasimul Haque, M.Sc.(SUST)
Wessex Institute of Technology
Southampton, UK