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How do I open Deja Dup as root?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm trying to setup Deja Dup to backup the files for several users (/home) and /etc but as it runs as myself, there are many files it cannot read and therefore cannot backup.

I want to try running Deja Dup as root as then it should be able to read and backup all files.

I've seen some other info about how to set up a particular App to run as root, so I guess I should try that.

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Chris Good
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  • Thanks jokerdino, very helpful. I'll try that. I assume I should keep my user backups in a different folder to the root backups? – Chris Good Sep 29 '12 at 06:05
  • My backup when run as root (to a different folder than my backup run not as root) worked with no errors, so now I'm happy! Many Thanks! How do I flag this question as answered? It doesn't say how in the Ask Ubuntu faq, or are questions only closed if they are inappropriate? – Chris Good Sep 29 '12 at 06:46
  • Good to know that it worked without any problems. And don't worry about closing this question. It will be handled. – jokerdino Sep 29 '12 at 07:15

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To Enable root login, open Terminal and enter following commands:

sudo passwd root
sudo sh -c 'echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'

Now Restart your lightdm and login as root.

sudo service lightdm restart

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  • you are welcome if this solve your problem mark as accept to help others –  Sep 29 '12 at 06:52
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Once you've unlocked the root account, you have to edit /etc/lightdm/users.conf and change minimum-uid to 0.

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  • Thanks sly. As it seems the accepted thing to do is not login as root, and I no longer need to thanks to jokerdino's help, I won't use this unless I need to in future. – Chris Good Sep 29 '12 at 06:39
  • No problem. Just providing the answer for other people that may have this question. – Sly Sep 29 '12 at 06:43