[KLUG Members] Kubuntu 6.06/X64 How to switch to root in a terminal.

[Jason Edward Durrett]

Brock Inglehart wrote:
> I have a command line only entry to load a plugin.  I opened a terminal,
> typed in the "su" command, the word Password came up on the next line
> but it would not accept my password.  What am I missing to log in as
> root?

You need to use root's password, not your password.  Alternatively, you
could use sudo (if you are a sudoer) and that takes your password not
root's.