To get started, hit Ctrl+Alt+T, copy and paste this command into terminal and hit enter:

sudo passwd root

Input current user’s password, then input a root password twice. Typing in your password does not show in terminal, just blindly type in your password and hit enter.

Enable Login as Root account in LightDM:

Root account won’t shown as a user in Ubuntu LightDM login screen, so you need to manually type in username and password. To enable it:

Edit “/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf” with this command:

gksudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Then add this line to the end and save the file.

greeter-show-manual-login=true

Now restart your computer, choose Login and type in root and password to login as root.

Enjoy!