Root User Name and password

[rajendran_babu]

Hi,
i recently installed ubuntu 8.04 in my laptop..the installation process, created a username with administrator rights..but i want to login as root user, as i want to drag and drop files to fonts folder..
The installation process didnt ask for any root password while installing ..

is there a default password for the root ?

[Joeb454]

Hit Alt+F2 and enter
gksu nautilus to run nautilus with root permissions.

As always, be careful what you move/delete when running things as root.


And by default Ubuntu uses sudo instead of root, which is a little more secure :)

[snowpine]

Hi Rajendran,
Ubuntu differs from many other Linux distributions in that the root account is locked. You should preface a command with 'sudo' (for command line) or 'gksu' (for GUI applications). When you are prompted for a password, enter your user password.

For example, 'gksu nautilus' will open a file browser as root so that you can drag the files to your fonts folder.

[spcwingo]

In Ubuntu the root account is disabled by default. If you need to do anything as root you have to use sudo. To do what you are talking about just do:


gksu nautilus

and drag/drop away!;) If this is unacceptable for you just change the root password via the terminal. I won't go in to detail on how to do it here...just Google it. That's how I found out how to do it.

[freak42]

Hello,

logging in and working as root is not recommended as it breaks the whole security model to a certain extent.

To temporarily get a nautilus (file explorer) instance with root rights into which you can drag&drop files with root rights type

sudo nautilus into a console or alternatively
type alt-f2 and write gksudo nautilus into the 'run application' line

hth

[doug1212]

Hi,
Here is some more info:


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Doug.

[Joeb454]

type

sudo nautilus into a console or alternatively
type alt-f2 and write gksudo nautilus into the 'run application' line

Even if you use a terminal to enter the command, you should still run
gksu nautilus :)

[igknighted]

If you install ubuntutweak (get it on getdeb) it can install an option in nautilus to right click -> browse as root. Or you can launch nautilus from the terminal as stated above. However, while what you describe is possible, it is a violation of forum policy for anyone to explain to you how to do it here. If you still want to do this, search on google.