How to login as Root In ubuntu

[swellingflash]

I am a fresh bird for LInux!!

Sorry for my English cuz my ubuntu has no chinese input software

I wanto chang a file's property into writtenable!

but this file is owned of Root,and my current name is not root(a name created in installing ubuntu)

so ,if i must log in as root to do that!!!

i click system->quit->swichuser

Then the login windows jumped, let me inputing the username!

i in put root, then inputed a right password of root

but,ubuntu said "administrator can not be login at this enviroment!!!"

help! how can I login as a root???

[有点笨小林]

在系统－－管理－－登录。。。

里面的安全选项 里有个不起眼的enable root login之类的。。勾上就好

[dbzhang800]

强烈建议你用sudo
不要启用root

[BigSnake.NET]

I am a fresh bird for LInux!!

Sorry for my English cuz my ubuntu has no chinese input software

I wanto chang a file's property into writtenable!

but this file is owned of Root,and my current name is not root(a name created in installing ubuntu)

so ,if i must log in as root to do that!!!

i click system->quit->swichuser

Then the login windows jumped, let me inputing the username!

i in put root, then inputed a right password of root

but,ubuntu said "administrator can not be login at this enviroment!!!"

help! how can I login as a root???

As you are a fresh bird, login as root is NOT recommend.
please use

代码： 全选

sudo <command which you want to run as root>

to gaim root permission.

for more information, see the wiki.