Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Root Login

The steps are as follows:

1. Set the root user password

Open terminal, input: sudo passwd root

Enter the root password two times

2, switch to the root user, because the root user in the management of the convenience, almost a variety of operations can be done.

In terminal input: su

Enter root password to cut

3. Open Login Desktop Display login

Modify File/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf

Add code:

Greeter-show-manual-login=true

4, with the root login will be reported: Erro found when loading/root/.profile error, so need to modify the file:

Vim/root/.profile

Change MESG N to tty-s && mesg n

5, restart the system, and then you can see that there is a login, click Login, enter the root user, enter the root password to log in to the root system.

Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop Root Login