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log in as root in ubuntu 12.04

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I ran this commands in Terminal and I didnt get any error:

sudo passwd root

and after setting password I ran this command:

sudo passwd -u root

but when I log off or reboot there is no root account!! please somebody tell me how can I login as root in ubuntu 12.04!

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answered 1 Year ago splenueak · Accepted Answer

You can do this by editing /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf The default contents are just:

[SeatDefaults]

greeter-session=unity-greeter

user-session=ubuntu

And you can just add:

greeter-hide-users=true

Now logout and you'll see that there is no list of users in the login window.

so you can just write root as username...

If you want to return to old lightdm window that list all users just open /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file and remove the added line greeter-hide-users=true