Enable ROOT Account in Ubuntu

Enable ROOT Account in Ubuntu 

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to enable root account in ubuntu.

Step 1:- Set root password for root account. 

Open the terminal window type the below command

 sudo passwd root 

Enter the new password for root account

Enter the new password twice

Step 2:- Enable root account

 sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

at the authentication line replace the following lines

FROM:

PermitRootLogin without-password

TO:

PermitRootLogin yes

PremitRootLogin yes

Step 3:- Restart the ssh service

sudo service ssh restart

Now your root account is ready to login  

I hope this information is useful for you.