I can login as root on the X-Window terminal but I cannot login as root on the console

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I can login as root on the terminal but not on the console what is the problem?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '20 at 05:24

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The sudo command lets you execute a command as another user (such as root) if you are part of the sudo-group. You do not actually log in as that user. The password you use with the sudo command is the password of the account you are currently logged into.

Logging in as root on tty2 (your first screenshot) would be the same as running the su command on the X-window terminal.

answered Apr 28 '20 at 05:24

Bennix Deprîx

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then can i login as root from the start? or do i have to borrow the authority of root by sudo command every time i log in? – Apr 28 '20 at 07:01
https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/26006/5132 shows what this answer is missing. – JdeBP Apr 28 '20 at 07:23
For security reasons you usually do not want to login as root at boot (you could change this of course but it is not recommended to do so). What you can do is execute the su command in the X-window terminal and login as root and type exit after you are done to drop back to your original account. Or indeed prefix the command with sudo (see this answer for executing multiple commands without typing sudo everytime). – Bennix Deprîx Apr 28 '20 at 11:16
Or do what you did by spawning a new shell with sudo -i / sudo sh – Bennix Deprîx Apr 28 '20 at 11:24

I can login as root on the X-Window terminal but I cannot login as root on the console

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