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so at the log in prompt<br>
instead of logging in with my user name I put root and then the
password that I set up?<br>
thanks<br>
Hank<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/2016 4:56 PM, Karl Wilbur
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<div dir="ltr">I know you already acknowledged this, but it
generally a very very very bad idea to allow full root access in
this way.
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<div>First, you could just log in as `root`. That gives you full
root access. </div>
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<div>You could also add your user to the `admin` group.</div>
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<div>But your simplest solution might be to just your user to
the `sudoers` file.</div>
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<div>Check this out:</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/334318/sudoers-file-enable-nopasswd-for-user-all-commands">http://askubuntu.com/questions/334318/sudoers-file-enable-nopasswd-for-user-all-commands</a><br>
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Karl Wilbur<br>
513-322-2481<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Hank
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do I tell ubuntu to allow all root access?<br>
I will be the only one using the linux virtual machine and i
want to give it all root privoliges<br>
I know the security risks but still want to do this.<br>
how do I get this set up?<br>
am usinb ubuntu 14.04 mate on vmware player<br>
thanks<br>
Hank<br>
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