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Old 07-22-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Hi All,

Can anyone please tell me the settings that i need to do for logging into linux machine automatically as root user. I tried to search in net but I could not find any information about settings to logon as root user however I was able to find for other users.
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Hi and Welcome !

It is not recommended to log in as root user and setting up autologin for root user could be real disaster. I would suggest not to do this and use su for gaining root privileges while logging in as Regular User.
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Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.The first thing that i would like to know is Is it possible to set and the next as i'm using a vmware machine I have my snapshots so It is not that risky in my case.

I can create another user with admin previleges but still i would like to know

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You only need to log in as root to make system-wide changes. If you are not making these you won't have any need to do so. If you are running a VM to learn Linux you might find that all you will learn is your first bad Linux habit.
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