how to log in as root on desktop

[Tapas Mishra]

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
this will ask you first the password of your current account
then you can enter a new password which you would like root to have.
Then if ever you need to be root open terminal
su -
and should ask your password as you entered above.
By default Ubuntu does not give a GUI to root.

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