being root

[Kevin Kofler]

terry wrote:
> was asked for root password at the beginning of install. did so. root
> password works inside a terminal as needed.  d/l and install open office
> from their website. during install of oo i am asked for root password.
> the popup disappears when i click on ok. and i cannot put in password
> for  root anywhere. when i tried to log in as root my password is not
> authenticated. how can i become root everywhere than just in a terminal
> box. this is private computer not used by anyone else.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Enabling_Root_User_For_GNOME_Display_Manager

        Kevin Kofler