Enable Gnome 'root' Account in Debian Linux

Ok guys,

In any OS there are user management system installed. And by default ur user account has administrator privilages (Yeah you are the MAN). If you are a Windows user have you experience that somtimes when you are executing some programs it pops up a message saying that the program require administrator privilages, Or if you are a linux guy when you try to access some sort of application have you provided root account password? But if you have administrator rights and why still these OS asks for passwords and all??

Answer is that both windows and linux disable the administrator/root account.

Ok now lets get into the topic. Lets say that you want to enable root/administrator account and be the 'REAL' man... following steps explains how you can be the real man in Debian Linux. In a later post I'll add how you can enable root access in Ubuntu, CentOs and how you can enable Administrator account in windows...


Step one :

Log in to your user account.

Step two :

Open up terminal. ( Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal )
type in following shell commands

su root   //( it will ask you for the root password. This is setup at the installation of debian )
gedit      //This will open graphical text editor which we will use to edit some configurations.


Step three :

Open  up the file /etc/pam.d/gdm3

Then comment the fifth line. It will look like following after comment.

#auth   required        pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet_success

Now save the file

Then enter following shell command

reboot


Congratulations!!!

You have successfully enabled the root account ......