Unable to login as root

[dheeraj bansal]

Thanks a ton to all. Now I understand the behavior and purpose behind it.
Thanks again [?]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Thorny <thorntreehome at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 May 2009 17:22:24 +0530, dheeraj bansal posted:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am a new-bie to linux. Recently I had installed Ubuntu 8.10 and since
> > then I am not able to login as root in GUI, although I can switch to
> > super user by sudo command but is there any way to login in GUI at the
> > time of login by root. Any help will be highly appreciated.
> >
> [...]
>
> It would probably be a good idea for you to read the following
> documentation from the Ubuntu wiki before you change your system. There
> are good reasons that the Ubuntu developers have chosen to not have a root
> password. Naturally, you can run your system any way you choose, it's
> just a good idea to understand the security choices the Ubuntu developers
> made.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
>
>
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