open an xterm (konsole, whatever) on your desktop and type 

su <enter>
you will be prompted for the root password

you are now root.

be careful!


On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:53:45 +1200
motivated wrote:

> Ctrl>Alt>Backspace will take you back to the login screen
> 
> Nice try, but......
> No it doesn't.
> It just auto logs me in again as Kelvyn.
> Ross logged me in as root from the desktop last nite, because we went into
> the httpd.conf file which I have to be logged in as root to get at.
> 
> I was having so much fun and seeing that many different things last nite, I
> just couldn't retain it all.
> 
> Regards Kelvyn

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