at a terminal session issue an: su root (if you have set your root accounts password.) or a: sudo -s
If you need to set root's password, issue: sudo passwd root On Nov 8, 4:39 am, "Ahmed Koraiem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the password you choose during setup is your regular user's password that > gives you root priviliges,, but still "Your_user_name" is the one who does > the action,, what I said before, was to do the actions "as_root" > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 5:12 AM, NumPy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you mean "login" as root as a desktop session? Or just "becoming" > > root _while_ in your desktop? > > > On Nov 7, 12:27 pm, paul watt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > how do i change to root using the gui in 8.10? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
