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root login in Graphical Mode under KDE

Asked by Surut

hey,
  i just wanted to know how in KDE desktop environment, how do u allow root login in graphical mode.

Thanks appreciate it

Surut

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

I am pretty certain that not KDE, GNOME, or XFCE allow root logins

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Best Surut (surut-shah) said : 		#2

thank u for ur answers i hav seemed to solve my query

thanks a lot to all those who helped me out

Surut

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propagandhi (pclaven) said : 		#3

You can definitely login to KDE as root. Simply do this:

Open a terminal and do this:

type 'sudo su' and then provide your password.

type 'nano -w /etc/kde3/kdmrc'

Find the line that says: AllowRootLogin and change 'false' to 'true'

CTRL+ X then 'Y' to save changes to the file, restart your machine and you're all done.

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propagandhi (pclaven) said : 		#4

ALso related to the above post, if you have not actually enabled the root user (as ubuntu uses sudo instead) you can just type: 'passwd root' at the command line and set the password, which will enable the root account