Enable Root Account

Enable Root Account
To Enable Root account in KUbuntu / Ubuntu

1) Install any text editor

- sudo apt-get install nexteditorname (kwrite or gedit)

2) Write this command in terminal

sudo kwrite /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc

3) Search for Allow login to root

4) Change Value from false to true

5) Make a password for your root account

- sudo passwd root

6) Enter new password for root account and reboot your system to login as root.


To Enable Root account in Fedora / linux

1) Install any text editor (kwrite or gedit)

- su yum install nexteditorname

2) Write this command in terminal

- su -c vim /etc/pam.d/gdm ( One file open in text editor when you run this command and you have to make comment the below line by add # )

#auth required pm-suceed-if so !=root

- su -c vim /etc/pam.d/gdm-password ( One file open in text editor when you run this command and you have to make comment the below line by add # )

#auth required pm-suceed-if so !=root

3) Set password for root account and restart to login as root.