On 22/11/12 18:06, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Effectively that's what I want. > BUT neither 'root' nor 'superuser' is recognized by Gnome login screen :< Presuming you're using GDM, maybe this will help you out? http://projects.gnome.org/gdm/docs/2.14/configuration.html#securitysection You could even get it to auto login if you want.