Steps To Enable Root User On Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

1) First of all login your account

2)Open terminal (Alt +Ctrl +T)

3)Set Root user Password 

#sudo passwd root 

[sudo]password for :

Enter UNIX password: 

Retype UNIX password: 

passwd:password updated successfully 

#

4) Now open file 50-ubuntu.conf with nano command.

#sudo nano /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf

5)Now Add the following line to the end of file:

greeter-show-manual-login=true

6) Press Ctrl +X then press Y to exit

7)Now restart your system and login as root. 

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