Auto Root User Login Setting / Ubuntu 16.04 Environment

1. Setting Environment

The setting environment is as follows.

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit, root user

2. root Password Setting

$ sudo passwd root
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:

Set the root Password using the passwd tool.

3. Auto Login Setting

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[Seat:*]
autologin-guest=false
autologin-user=root
autologin-user-timeout=0

Create the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file with the contents of [File 1]. (If the file already exists, modify it.)

4. Remove /root/.profile Error

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tty -s && mesg n

After rebooting, change the contents of the /root/.profile file to the contents of [File 2].