From: Kirk_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 2022-12-27, bad sector  wrote:   
   > On 27 Dec 2022 14:02:49 GMT, Kirk_Rockstein wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2022-12-27, bad sector  wrote:   
   >>> On 2022-12-26 12:08, Marco Moock wrote:   
   >>>> Am 25.12.2022 um 13:17:39 Uhr schrieb bad sector:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> My UbuntuStudio install is on death-row also, one of the reasons   
   >>>>> being mandatory snaps, the other reason is that any distro that does   
   >>>>> not let me log in as (or su to)   
   >>>>> root is no longer one that I want to be associated with.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You can log in as root, you only need to set a password for it.   
   >>>   
   >>> how do I do that beginning with sudo?  If I try I get a prompt to   
   >>> change my user pwd, not root.   
   >>>   
   >> In a term/console if you run sudo -i are you now at a root prompt?(In   
   >> Ubuntu)   
   >   
   > I get a prompt for UserMe's password and THEN   
   > the root prompt   
      
   Yeah, sorry I didn't make that clear.   
      
   >> What happens when you run   
   >> passwd root   
   >> ??   
   >   
   > that worked, thanks   
   >   
   > I've never done this roundabout way before   
   >   
   > Now I just need to do su and then root password,   
   > same as on all (or almost all) my other distros   
   >   
   > Another thing I miss a lot on all but the Suse   
   > systems is the file-manager in root mode, it makes   
   > a lot of footwork unnecessary. But this is not   
   > an ubuntu issue, ONLY suse does it right.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Not sure I'm understanding your problem.   
      
   Can you use gksu,kdesu or run them from a root term?   
      
   gksu xfe   
   gksu gnome-commander   
   gksu nautilis   
   etc.   
      
   OR   
      
   kdesu konqueror   
   kdesu dolphin   
   kdesu krusader   
   etc.   
      
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