kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 17, Issue 47

[C Hamel]

> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:48:33 -0400
> From: Robert Tilley <tilleyrw at cfl.rr.com>
> Subject: How do I enable root login?
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <200606150748.34268.tilleyrw at cfl.rr.com>
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>
> Konsole is my terminal application.  I have 'sudo passwd root' and set a
> password.  When 'su'ing to root, I enter the password and have root
> privileges.
>
> When I try to open a root shell from the "File" menu, I am asked for a
> password.  If I enter the root password (that is used for 'su'),
> the "Password:" prompt appears again.  Then a third time and the login
> fails.
>
> This tells me that the root account on my fresh install of Kubuntu Dapper
> is disable.  How do I enable the account?
>
> Thanks, Bob
> --
> If your life was a horse, you'd have to shoot it.
>
>
>
The 'root shell' from the file menu requires your user PW, not the root PW 
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