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Offline rtroxel

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How do I log into root?
« on: February 05, 2013, 01:16:20 PM »
When I installed Ubuntu 12.10  last week, I forgot to set up a root account. Is this still possible?

Thanks,

Roy
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How do I log into root?
« on: February 05, 2013, 01:16:20 PM »

Offline UbuntuGeek

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Re: How do I log into root?
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2013, 09:02:11 PM »
Try the following

To enable the root account and access directly via the console in root mode, you must type the command:

$ sudo passwd root   

This command allows you to set up the password mode for the root user which will be activated for the console sessions only (no GUI). Once the password is initialized, it will be possible to open a console session with the user root.

When I installed Ubuntu 12.10  last week, I forgot to set up a root account. Is this still possible?

Thanks,

Roy