On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:21 AM, <hewjr1000 at gmail.com> wrote: > How do I make myself root in the GUI Running a root GUI login is very much frowned upon. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? The system-config* tools will prompt for root authentication if necessary or you can su (or sudo) to root in a terminal session or login as root in a virtual terminal. Richard