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How do I open Deja Dup as root?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm trying to setup Deja Dup to backup the files for several users (/home) and /etc but as it runs as myself, there are many files it cannot read and therefore cannot backup.

I want to try running Deja Dup as root as then it should be able to read and backup all files.

I've seen some other info about how to set up a particular App to run as root, so I guess I should try that.

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To Enable root login, open Terminal and enter following commands:

sudo passwd root
sudo sh -c 'echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'

Now Restart your lightdm and login as root.

sudo service lightdm restart

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Once you've unlocked the root account, you have to edit /etc/lightdm/users.conf and change minimum-uid to 0.

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