<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 4:27 PM Bret Busby <<a href="mailto:bret.busby@gmail.com">bret.busby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">My understanding is that Ubuntu Linux does not allow for logging in as<br>
root; that superuser actions need to be performed using sudo.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>A common misunderstanding. If you sudo to root and set a password, you can then log in as root. so, 'sudo -i' or 'sudo -s' and then 'passwd'. </div></div></div>