On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, R.G. Mayhue wrote:
> On Friday 05 June 2009 12:14:48 pm Pete Theisen wrote:
>>
>> Ubuntu 9.04 will *not* allow a root login unless you are God, then You
>> wouldn't bother. The root password is set as a hash and you can't change
>> it. So even if you "allow root" in the settings you are wasting your
>> time because you will never know the password.
>
> You should be able to use 'sudo su -' to get to a root prompt. Just enter your
> normal user password as you would with any other 'sudo' command.
Do that from outside of X, then run "startx". Can you run "passwd" from in
there? How about manually editing /etc/shadow/passwd (this is dangerous,
don't screw up)?
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