Terminal Behavior 1235w

Question

I have downloaded latest version of Ubuntu 16.04 and am unable to initialize root login administrative access permissions inside of Terminal ?

Answer 1

The command that will give you a root console to work in is

 sudo -i

The best way to use "root" is by using

sudo

before you enter a command. For example

sudo apt update

This will initiate the command with elevated priveledges.

You CAN enable the root account, if that is what you mean, however I would advise against it as it has its security risks.

To do this you must first set a password for root.

~$ sudo passwd root
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully

then unlock it

~$ sudo passwd -u root
passwd: password expiry information changed.

To lock the root account again

~$ sudo passwd -l root
passwd: password expiry information changed.