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

[Nikolas Reist]

you would use 'sudo' then type the command then enter your user password
ubuntu does this because sudo is more secure than running as su



----- Original Message ----
From: Brock Inglehart <brocki1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 5:56:37 PM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Kubuntu 6.06/X64 How to switch to root in a terminal.


On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 14:31 -0500, Jason Edward Durrett wrote:
> 
> 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.

OK, I'm confused.  I only have one password.

Brock
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