Complaint about modern Linux

[Guest]

So, I have used Linux on and off since the days of RedHat 4.?? I even dabble a bit in embedded Linux on Arm platforms. One of the things that really appealed to me about Linux is that it offered complete control and knowledge of your operating environment.

However, the times they are a changin!

I can't stand getting the "you don't have permission ..." dialog. I always use to log in as root but I can't do this now because some wise @#$ thinks this is silly! I understand the security implications but I WANT to be able to break my system. I WANT to be able to poke my nose in every little nook and file, without major inconvenience. This is why we hate MS OS because the don't let you do anything ... they hide things from you so you don't mess up ... or so they say.

Don't be another MS ... release the hounds (oops! I mean the root user).

[marshallbanana]

Re: Complaint about modern Linux

It is perfectly possible for you to change it so that you are always root user. Or to set the time out from the current 5min (or is it 15?) to anything you want so that you need to type the password less often. The power of being root user is still there if you want it, it's just been disabled in favour of sudo by default. I'm not sure how but do a forum search and it's here somewhere.

For most people though root user is not something they want often and sudo does a good job of keeping the computer safe.

eg. Here is one on how to keep sudo but not require password for it:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...4091#msg104091
Where to modify timeout is under 'root revival' in following post:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089088.0

[Snowhog]

Re: Complaint about modern Linux

RootSudo

[Guest]

Re: Complaint about modern Linux

sudo root is fine in text (only minor inconvenience) but I would like to get into a GUI mess as root and I can't log in as root in the GUI (KDE). Is there some evil preventing this or have I lost my marbles and doing something wrong?

[Snowhog]

Re: Complaint about modern Linux

As you have noticed during the Ubuntu installation there was no question about the root password, as you might have been used to see during other Linux distribution installation process.Because of this your root accout is inactive.

If you want to enable root account (which is not recommended) enter the following command.
$sudo passwd root

This will prompt for a new root password and once you confirm it, you can start using the root account to login.

If you want to disable root account in ubuntu you need to lock the root account by using the following command
$sudo passwd -l root

If you want to work on a root console you’d better use the following command
$sudo -i

[RJ Hythloday]

Re: Complaint about modern Linux

maybe what you're looking for is kdesu <app>. It will open a gui as root.

[Fredh]

Re: Complaint about modern Linux

The easyest way is to boot in recovery mode and type startx at the prompt. That will give you your root desktop where you can play all you want)