Make my Account root

[KristofferAndreas]

Hi

Is there any possible way to make my account root so i dont have to write sudo and password when i start something...
and also have auto login...

thx
Kristoffer

[SunnyRabbiera]

well yes, but its generally not advised.
I know it can be annoying from a windows users perspective but its for your own good.

[barbedsaber]

every time you log in as root, god kills a kitten.
and a penguin.

if you want auto login for your normal account, go to system,> administration > login window > security and tick enable automatic login.

[KristofferAndreas]

I have enabled auto login...
I want to have root privileges so i dont have to type in password and sudo...
can someone tell me how? if it not smart i guess i have to learn the hard way...

thx

[barbedsaber]

trust me when I say you are better off typing in your password, if its really bothering you, give yourself a really short password, but dont run as root. Please, thing of the kittens, and penguins.

[eragon100]

system -> administration -> login window

Go to tab "security" and tick the box "allow local system administrator login".

I believe that should do it

[UnWarierMage224]

It's a very bad idea to log in as root, or use root routinely for whatever.
Take it from me, I hosed my system working as root. BAD.

The easiest way to work as root, TEMPORARILY, is to use the gksudo command from a terminal (EX: "gksudo nautilus" will launch the file browser with root privileges). Close the terminal, stop being root.

gksudo whatever will let you work as root for the time being. Again, close the terminal or the program, and you're not root.

Working as non-root will keep you from accidentally deleting any critical system files. Also keeps you safe from baddies - hackers, usually. IIRC, hackers usually try to break your root account first.

-'Mage

[KristofferAndreas]

ok, thx if u say so...
but is it possible to remove the are you sure you want to log inn as root or somthing?
i dosent remember what it says so i guessed but u now what i mean?

thx

[Separ]

You should generally not have to run many things as root. If you need to run multiple commands as root in terminal, use su. A lot of programs will also not run if you are root because of safety reasons as I found out with trying to start UnrealIRCd accidentally while still in super user mode.

[eragon100]

And if you want to use su, you first have to go to:
system -> adminsration -> users and groups and manually set a password for the root user, becasue by default it's something random you can't gues in Ubuntu, because the developers want you to use sudo for everything