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    (SOLVED) How To Log In As Root

    I can't figure out how to get root permissions. There has to be a way, right?
    Ya hear that? That's the blues callin' baby.
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    Re: How To Log In As Root

    By default, the root account is locked.

    You should run programs that need root permissions using sudo and kdesudo.
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      Re: How To Log In As Root

      in the *buntu Linux, the root account is disabled be default. When you need to perform actions that only root can do, you, as the user who installed the OS, are allowed to gain root's abilities. For non-graphical apps - commands basically - you do so from the Console using sudo command. You will be prompted for your user password.

      If you need to work as root for more than a single command from the console, you can simply type sudo -i. But be warned: operating as root in this way, without understanding the power you have, and the consequences of that power, can trash your system.

      If you need to run a graphical application as root, then launch the applcation from the console with kdesudo application_name. NEVER use sudo to launch a graphical application. That is the fastest way to trash your system.

      Please read and become knowledgable on RootSudo
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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        Re: How To Log In As Root

        The only way I've ever been able to keep my screen resolution with kde 4.x without it defaulting back when I reboot is to log on as root, set the resolution in Nvidia x server, then save it as root. Then when I reboot, it's still right. I'm well aware of the risks involved, but not used to not being able to take control of my own system. I'm new to Kubuntu, but I've been using linux for a couple of years.
        Ya hear that? That's the blues callin' baby.
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          Re: How To Log In As Root

          Does not, after logging in as normal user, launching the Nvidia configuration application 'as root' work?
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            Re: How To Log In As Root

            Don't know how to do that. But after going to the link you posted (rootsudo) I found out how to edit xorg.conf in Kate as sudo and now my resolution is set. Sweet success. Thanks much for your help.
            Ya hear that? That's the blues callin' baby.
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              Re: How To Log In As Root

              Originally posted by BubbaBlues
              Don't know how to do that.
              Something like:
              Code:
              kdesudo nvidia-settings
              (if you want to run 'nvidia-settings' as root, for example)
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                Re: (SOLVED) How To Log In As Root

                Wasn't sure what to type. Anyway, we got there. Life is good. 8)
                Ya hear that? That's the blues callin' baby.
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