How to login as root in Mandrake 10.1?

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I have been used to work in FC and on the login screen, I type my username as root, type password as login as root with all priviledges.

However, in Mandrake, I don't type my username, but select it from the list where root is not included. So I can't login as root. Thru CLI in can su and login. But I am not too well conversant with CLI. How can I login as root? Please help. Thanks.

I have managed this just by changing display settings through drakconf

from the few days that I used Mandrake 10.1(I am a suse user)...

There is an option somewhere to show/hide users from the login menu, try that.

also you can use the'su' command in the terminal to get temporary root privileges

How to log into root in Mandrake 10.1

Just follow the below steps and you are done with ur job

In the menu
System->Configuration->KDE->system->Login Manager

Now u will be prompted for the root password. Supply the root password and click on the users tab and uncheck the root check box which is checked. Apply the changes and u will be prompted with the root login along with ur user login the login box.

Have fun

ravikumar

Thanks for the tip

try this may help You can enabe root user login with the KDE control centre->system->login manager->users tab->uncheck root

this shud help

Guys i do not understand why anyone would want to loggin as root running X server . It is the technicaly the most incorrect thing that one can do. Please never do this (it indicates a very poor understanding and usage of linux)

I don't do this every day or even once a week. But just want to know the way of doing it. So that I don't run around to dig a well when my house is on fire