how to log in as root on desktop

[Pastor JW]

On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:56:07 am Tapas Mishra wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On 30 November 2010 09:34, yatheesh y <yatheeshlib at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> i am new to ubuntu
> >> 
> >> When i am installing ubuntu i have entered password what is that ?
> >> 
> >> how can i get root privilages without login as root
> > 
> > You use the sudo command.  As a beginner with Ubuntu you might find
> > the manual at http://ubuntu-manual.org/ useful.  This is aimed at
> > beginners.  It refers to version 10.04 (the latest is 10.10) but that
> > should not be much of an issue.
> 
> sudo passwd root

Oh dear!  That was not a very nice thing to do to a new user.  It ruins his 
system.

> Reading manuals is useful but only when you have time and energy for it.

Typically it is done for gaining knowledge and understanding some of the more 
complex aspects of the thing about which you are trying to know something 
more. 

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