Enabling Root Login in Ubuntu / Kubuntu

[digiSal]

I always forget how to do this and I have to search everywhere for it. its highly unrecommended to allow root logins but i still do it.

First you need to set your root parseword.

Open up a console, and type:

#sudo parsewd root

Enter the parseword you would like for root.
Then you need to edit the file /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc.

I prefer vi, use whatever you like.

#vi /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

Then edit the part that looks like this.

# Allow root logins?
# Default is true
AllowRootLogin=false