how to login gnome as root

[David M. Carney]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:50:49 +0200, loom loom <loom1977 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I moving step by step, I have succeeded to create the root account(old
> habbits). However for somereason I can't login to Gnome as root. I have
> tried root,su,sudo,root at ubuntu,superuser,super user... almost everything,
> but I can't login as root. And because of that system doesnt allows me to
> make changes on system, even doesnt allows me to copy files on Gnome DE.
> 
> Would anyone please tell me how to log in as root to gnome?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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I strongly suggest you use sudo to do administrative tasks.

However, if you REALLY must login as root, do this:

On my desktop, I use the top panel exclusively. I go to Computer >>
System Configuration >> Login Screen Setup.

You will be asked to enter your password. Do so.

You will be presented with The Login Screen Setup program. It has
several tabs along the top of it.

Select the Security tab. Click "Allow Root to login with GDM". Click Close.

Logout and try logging in as your root user. If it won't let you, then
try a ctrl-alt-delete to restart the xserver (and GDM). Try it again.

If it doesn't work then you probably have your root account setup wrong.

Best of luck!

David

P.S. Did I say "I strongly suggest you use sudo"? Reconsider. I meant it.

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