So, first execute in a terminal

sudo passwd root

you will be prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice (second for confirmation).

Then execute

sudo passwd -u root

to unlock the account. This should return

passwd: password expiry information changed

Well Well This worked Just fine logged into root every thing working other than minor glitch in theme minor detail.

Now I can get rid of that silly sudo crap

BurnieS

Will I got it logged out logged into root everything works fine little glitch in theme minor detail


sudo passwd root

you will be prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice (second for confirmation).

Then execute

sudo passwd -u root

to unlock the account. This should return

passwd: password expiry information changed


Thats it now I can get rid of that sudo crap.

BurnieS

Well this worked so I logged out logged into root everything worked well.

So this is it.

So, first execute in a terminal

sudo passwd root

you will be prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice (second for confirmation).

Then execute

sudo passwd -u root

to unlock the account. This should return

passwd: password expiry information changed

Now I don't need sudo I can everything as su, now I will uninstall everything sudo

BurnieS

This works logged out back in as root works as it should

So, first execute in a terminal

sudo passwd root

you will be prompted for a new Unix password. Write it twice (second for confirmation).

Then execute

sudo passwd -u root

to unlock the account. This should return

passwd: password expiry information changed


Now to uninstall everything sudo

Burnie

Essentially when logging in the way mint is setup,you have access to sudu therefore access to su (root), therefore you are logged in as root. Logged in this way you are running the system as root, You are also on internet as root (very dangerous) This gives internet full access to your system. This makes your system very vulnerable. If you take the fact that you can run root commands from your user account,what can't be run with sudo can be run with sudo su, Now try to tell me that your user account is not root. By having user account and root account revoking root privileges from user
account you have a much safer system. Chew on that a while and you will see the sense in what I said.
I am not meaning to take anything away from the crew who have put together this very fine distro, This is something they should take a very serious look. Although I am new to Mint, After twenty years of using Linux and knowing what I want, I think Mint is the best OS to go with (with a few minor changes). Now to find where they have hidden certain files, activate root login, get rid of sudo, revoke user root privileges and on I go.

Anyone that can help would very much appreciated.

I am now looking to activate user login (somewhere there should be a config file with a line in it (root_login Y or n)
anyone know where it is.

Burnie

Question is a bit vague. Are you asking about how to login as root from the desktop?

No not from desktop (login) I have root from desk top.

The config file with the root login y or n wasn't where I expected it ?? looking

defiantly not vague

Burnie

Where were you expecting? I feel the same way as michaelk in comment 21. I would expect something in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf or /etc/lightdm/users.conf, but neither have a man page I managed to find. Maybe https://forum.level1techs.com/t/linu...c-login/129879 would answer your question?