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I have downloaded latest version of Ubuntu 16.04 and am unable to initialize root login administrative access permissions inside of Terminal ?

ninajasem
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    You don't log in as root directly, that account is disabled by default. Instead, you use sudo to run single commands with elevated privileges ("as root") using your own account's password. – Byte Commander Apr 12 '17 at 22:53

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The command that will give you a root console to work in is 

 sudo -i

The best way to use "root" is by using 

sudo

before you enter a command. For example

sudo apt update

This will initiate the command with elevated priveledges.

You CAN enable the root account, if that is what you mean, however I would advise against it as it has its security risks.

To do this you must first set a password for root.

~$ sudo passwd root
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully

then unlock it

~$ sudo passwd -u root
passwd: password expiry information changed.

To lock the root account again

~$ sudo passwd -l root
passwd: password expiry information changed.
nullmeta
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