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    Exclamation Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Hello fellow Ubuntu users. I am running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Xfce4 DE and I would like to have root access all the time and I am aware of all the risks that might bring.
    I am also familiar with the "sudoers" file in /etc directory, it says that I must edit it with visudo somehow to grant me all-the-time-root access.
    Few questions:
    How should I edit it to grant myself root by default?
    I MUST edit it with "visudo" or can I use something else?
    Can I revert it back and how?

    Thank you, my regards to you.

    Last edited by LinuxUser666; June 6th, 2013 at 05:26 PM.

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Maybe this can help RootSudo

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Hi

    I would like to have root access all the time
    Why ?

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    That's normally not a good idea and you should consider very carefully before doing it. If you have a number of commands which normally require sudo you can type
    Code:
    sudo -i
    before the first command then exit after the last to avoid repeatedly typing sudo. To run a GUI application with root privileges just open the terminal and enter
    Code:
     gksu
    or
    Code:
    gksudo
    followed by the name of your program. As you can see it is almost never necessary to enable the root login.

    With that said, to enable the root unlimited passwordless access to root privileges open a terminal window and run the follwoing command:
    Code:
    sudo visudo
    and add the folowing line:
    Code:
    your_user_name   ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Thats a bad idea. For somethings, you definitely do not want to be root. Is it so hard to type "sudo"?

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Ok 1st of all thanks to slickymaster for your informations regarding the given matter at hand, you are very kind.
    2nd of all its nobody's concern why do i need root access on my own computer, although I respect the concern, but as I said I am aware of risks, hazzards and so on.
    3rd of all whatthefunk, its not hard to type sudo, its hard to type in the password, 'cause I am lazy...sometimes.

    Thank you, my regards.

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Quote Originally Posted by LinuxUser666 View Post
    2nd of all its nobody's concern why do i need root access on my own computer,
    That may be so, but it is our concern when things are posted here which can mislead inexperienced users into doing inappropriate things. You are not the only person to be reading and acting on advice posted here. There will be many silent surfers, both forum members and guests who arrive by means of a google search, reading this thread. Which is why we have a forum policy:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1486138

    The goal is to educate new users.

    Our "line in the sand" is with tutorials or posts that show people how to LOG IN to a graphical desktop (gnome, KDE, etc) as root. This is completely inappropriate and unnecessary.
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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Hi

    2nd of all its nobody's concern why do i need root access on my own computer
    I'm just interested in why you need it and i don't.

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Quote Originally Posted by LinuxUser666 View Post
    Ok 1st of all thanks to slickymaster for your informations regarding the given matter at hand, you are very kind.
    2nd of all its nobody's concern why do i need root access on my own computer, although I respect the concern, but as I said I am aware of risks, hazzards and so on.
    3rd of all whatthefunk, its not hard to type sudo, its hard to type in the password, 'cause I am lazy...sometimes.

    Thank you, my regards.
    It's your computer and it's your right to decide how much security you want/need. If you don't want to be forced to login 100 times a day:

    Code:
    sudo visudo
    Then add a new line at the end of the file:

    Code:
    <YOUR USER NAME>    ALL=(ALL)NOPASSWD: ALL
    That will be the last time you'll be asked for a password.

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    Re: Root access by default...How do I grant it?

    Hi

    It's your computer and it's your right to decide how much security you want/need
    Of course it's their right to weaken the security of their computer as much as they want, just as it is their right to leave the front door open while going shopping.

    It's hardly best practice though.

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