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I read the article and tried gksudo on Ubuntu, but it doesn't work. I learned that it is abolished by most flavors of Linux. What do I do?

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gksudo won't work in a Wayland session; switch to an Xorg session and try.

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How to administer password created by command?

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You can create a root password by command line. In Linux root has Administrator like the Windows Operating system. Use this below command to set root password: $ sudo passwd root.

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i did the steps for enabling and setting password for root but after typing: " sudo - " it still says su: Authentication failure. What should I do?

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The error "su: Authentication failure" shows for an incorrect password login. Give the correct password to fix this. Also, there is no command like "sudo - ", refer to the article for correct usage.

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When I try to save a file to the xsessions folder, it still says that I don't have the permissions necessary to save the file. How can I resolve this?

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Check the directory permission using the "ls" command and change accordingly with the "chmod" command.

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There is no need to use gksudo on Ubuntu. Rather, use sudo.

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"gksudo" is for the GUI form to enter the privileged user password. If you were to use "sudo," then it will ask for the password in the CLI itself.

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i did the steps for enabling and setting password for root but after typing: " sudo - " it still says su: Authentication failure. What should I do?

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Looks like you have confused yourself between sudo and su. "sudo" stands for "Super-user Do" and it is used for performing administrative tasks. "su" stands for "Switch User". You can switch to super-user(also called root) by typing "sudo su" or "su -" Remember, "sudo su" is for temporary use and you need to enter your own password but for "su -" you need to enter the root password.

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