The easiest way in Ubuntu is to enable "administration login" in the -> system -> administrative -> login window. There you can tick root login, then log off and re-log in as root. Be careful however ! Don't take the name of root in vain ! :-) After you changed the root password you can always set it back to random however. HTH Best Regards, Kris ________________________________________ From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharanagouda Biradar Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 7:35 PM To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: kernel hi everyone pls can anyone tell me how to log in as root in linux (i am using ubuntu 8.1 OS ) even though i am the only user in the OS the system is not giving the admin previliges..m also using windows vista along side(multi boot) ,also can any one pls tell me how to download kernel 2.6.9-42 source code and build it ? any good links are appriciated -- Regards sharan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
