Help new user...login and root privilege

[antonio.desantis]

Hi
i'm from Italy, sorry for my english.
I have a problem with login as root: i type Kdesu konqueror in run command e i have this error:
Su returned with an error.... whi?
Thanks!
Antonio

[Moffia]

Re: Help new user...login and root privilege

please be more specific by ginving the error

[LinXway]

Re: Help new user...login and root privilege

kdesu <--- (if your useing a cap K use a small k) konqueror , just a guess based on how you posted.

[stanos86]

Re: Help new user...login and root privilege

how do i login as root in kubuntu...........it does not allow me to login as root in normal mode

[kubicle]

Re: Help new user...login and root privilege

how do i login as root in kubuntu...........it does not allow  me to login as root in normal mode

The root account is locked in (k)ubuntu for security reasons.

Instead you should (rather than logging in as root) use the command

kdesu <program>

(kdesu konqueror)
to launch a GUI program as root, and

sudo <command>

to perform shell commands as root.

You can also use:

sudo -i

or

sudo -s

to get a root terminal (the difference being whether using users or roots environment variables, that is whether ~ refers to user's home folder or root's, for example)

Sudo/kdesu will work for users that are part of the 'admin' group (the first user created during installation is added to that group by default)

For a password, enter your user password when prompted.

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It's possible to 'unlock' the normal root account, but because of sudo/kdesu there usually is no reason to...and running GUI desktop as root is unadvisable.

Nevertheless, if you're really sure you wish to enable the root account, you can find instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
(the page offers more information on using sudo/kdesu as well)