On Being root....

[Dick Davies]

On 05/03/06, Carroll Grigsby <cgrigs at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >
> > I am wondering if anyone has spent enough time, or has found a website that
> > lets us in on unblocking the root console, and all the GUI utilities that we
> > would like to use.
>
>
> Rob:
> Ah, yes, the old "Why can't I be root?" question again. It can be done,
> but I've forgotten the details. It's covered in the archives, and
> possibly in the wiki.

I think 'passwd root' will do it.

Personally I'd go for 'sudo -i', but then GNOME seems to remember X sudo
privileges long enough for me (I don't have to type it in every two minutes)


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