Enabling Root on Ubuntu

Enabling Root on Ubuntu http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_14.04 Please open up a terminal or console and log in as the user you created. To gain access, enter the following command and re-type the user password. sudo su - Then type the following command: passwd root It will ask you to enter the new password. You will not see anything being entered, but it is typing. Once complete Press Enter. It will ask you to confirm the password. You will not see anything being entered, but it is typing. Once complete Press Enter. The terminal will return with Password updated successfully! Type or copy the following code into the terminal and press enter. echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf Please restart the machine with the command: shutdown -r now Once the system returns, you can now login as the root user even from the GUI. Just type the username: root in the Password field, you'll type the password you set in the passwd root command above.