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#1 2015-02-06 12:10:31
- sapnesh
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Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
Hello everyone.
I can't figure out how to login as root from sddm( default login manager for Plasma 5 ). I have only one general purpose user in my laptop and that account shows up fine on boot but root does not show up anywhere on the sddm, and I also cant type root and type my psswd to login like I use to do back then with gdm. I'm currently switching to CLI every time I want to login as root.
Please help. thank you
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#2 2015-02-06 12:17:49
- mauritiusdadd
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
Hi sapnesh,
you can try to edit the file /etc/sddm.conf (take a look here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SD … he_greeter)
and change the value of MinimumUid to
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#3 2015-02-06 12:25:35
- sapnesh
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
I tried that too, setting MinimumUid=0 makes root to show up in sddm but along with it a whole bunch of other logins like network manager. systemd, and a lot others also show up in the sddm screen( may be because their uid lies above 0 ). Navigating to root or my general purpose user in such clutter is very annoying.
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#4 2015-02-06 12:31:00
- mauritiusdadd
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
I think that is the only solution since sddm developers will likely never support root login: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=2 … 02#p328070
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#5 2015-02-06 12:34:51
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
Can I somehow specify only the uid 0 to show up on boot in /etc/sddm.conf?. That may work.
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#6 2015-02-06 15:07:50
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
Why do you want to log in as root in the first place? You *really* shouldn't do this.
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#7 2024-02-23 20:53:34
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
Pretty silly how I ended up on this forum trying to do this because I can't change discord's icon
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#8 2024-02-23 21:43:05
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Re: Root log-in in Sddm( Plasma 5).
Pretty silly that you necrobumped an unrelated nine year old thread as well.
Don't.
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