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  1. 10-15-2012 #1
    sycho123321
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    Question How do i login as root on debian squeze

    i dont want "you should not login as root it is dangerous" no sudo i want gui
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    Hello and Welcome!

    Your post indicates that you know the issues of logging in as root.
    That said, I won't give you the step-by-step. But I will say that a few Google searches will yield some results for you.

    Good luck on it.
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    i did

    i did search i found nothing but "you should no login as root"
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    If you are using GDM then edit /etc/pam.d/gdm3 file to enable GUI root login.
    It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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    Wink how

    how can you plz give me the instuctions
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    Press Alt+F2 and type this
    Code:
    gksu gedit /etc/pam.d/gdm3
    It will open gdm3 file in Gedit with root privileges.

    Put # sign before user root line
    Code:
    #auth   required               pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet_success
    Save file and reboot machine.
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    LOGIN AS ROOT

    Reboot the system

    at the login dialog hit CTL - ALT - F1

    login as root cli only

    ps - A | grep X will give you a process number

    kill processnumber

    startx now you'll be logged in as root
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