Comments on: Ubuntu Tips: How To Enable Root User ( Super User ) in Ubuntu

By: Dinesh

Dinesh — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:45:09 +0000

I have deleted my user account from guest by mistake………
now i am unable to add user account it is showing Addroot password………
if i am using above method $ sudo passwd root
“unable to chande to sudors gid : operation not permitted”
this error is coming ………..
please help

By: Vijay

Vijay — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:01:31 +0000

Ramesh
Thank you very much for the information. it was helpful to know about root account access.
Regards
Vijay

By: Girish

Girish — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:19:15 +0000

Hi got a quick solution from the website.Went to recovery mode after pressing Shift on boot up,dropped to root shell prompt and changed the password for the relevant user.

By: Girish

Girish — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:04:30 +0000

I installed Ubuntu using VMWare on my Windows XP PC.But I was able to login to my account only once after 3-4 attempts.I get authentication Failure error now.I am new to Linux/Ubuntu;please support.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:32:38 +0000

hi sir, i want ubuntu more information how to learn in ubtunu ple help me sir

By: The Janitor

The Janitor — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:14 +0000

Ramesh made it clear that it is not good security policy to enable root. If your intent is to add your quacking voice to the cacophony just to hear yourself, bravo! But the user would have discovered how to enable root with or without Ramesh’s help – and, on his own, would likely have not also discovered that there is great risk in doing so.

Oh, but you’re all the experts. Sometimes the personality of the linux community sickens me; like sharks after one of their own…

(And save your admonitions for me: I’m betting I’ve been wrangling linux distros longer than most of you have been alive.)

By: Md A Al Baqui

Md A Al Baqui — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:45:42 +0000

Same problem I got today. Log in screen shows “Authentication failure” after trying to change in “log in window preference”.
I am new in UBUNTU. I could not follow you as stated above as $ sudo passwd root and others. I want to log in as before. Please help me out.

Thanks

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:46:25 +0000

Man, you saved my day!

By: Nestor

Nestor — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:12:55 +0000

guys, how do I ocnnect to the internet? I replaced my windows XP with Ubuntu 9.10 and now I get a message in the terminal saying oli ‘dip’ group members are allowed to use this command when I use “pon dsl-provider” to connect to the web.

By: Pradeep

Pradeep — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:35:01 +0000

Thanks Ramesh, I was stuck in the same issue and it helped me.