logg in as user root from the GUI

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2018-12-28 at 09:27 +0100, robert wrote:
> I would like to be able to log in as user root from the gui, so I
> do not have to su into a bash shell to work as root.
> 
> how can I do that?

To log in as root you just have to set a password for the "root"
account. To do this, first become root using "sudo -i bash", then run
"passwd". After that, you will be able to log in as root.

I have not actually tried this myself with the greeters, so YMMV. I
know it works at the shell level, but the greeters may have some
special anti-root provisions :-)

Running with a root passwords is generally considered bad practice, but
for a local virtual it's fine.

Regards, K.

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