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How do I give another user root access?
For anyone also wanting to liberate their system, this is the solution that worked for me:
- load the Terminal.
- type: sudo passwd root.
- input your user’s password when prompted.
- create UNIX password when prompted.
- type: sudo sh -c ‘echo “greeter-show-manual-login=true” >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.
- reboot the system.
How do I enable root permissions in Linux?
Enable Root User Account in Ubuntu If for some reason, you need to enable the root account, you just need to set a password for the root user . In Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, you can set or change the password of a user account with the passwd command.
How to change permissions from root user to all users?
If I understand you correctly, fire up a terminal, navigate to one level above that directory, change to root and issue the command: chown -R user:group directory/ This changes the ownership of directory/(and everything else within it) to the user userand the group group.
How to grant root access to Linux user?
From this article you’ll learn how to create a user in Linux and grant root access to him or how to grant root privileges to already existent user. This can be easily done by changing UID (user id) and GID (group id) in /etc/passwd file.
How to grant root the same privileges as root?
To create a user with exactly the same privileges as root user, we have to assign him the same user ID as the root user has (UID 0) and the same group ID (GID 0). Use the following commands to create a user john, grand him the same privileges as root and set him a password: $ sudo useradd -ou 0 -g 0 john $ sudo passwd john
How to get root privileges in Ubuntu 16.04?
As root, you can switch to your new user with the su – command and then test to see if your new user has root privileges.