How to su

Rob Willenberg rob at whatwouldlinuxdo.com
Thu Mar 24 16:01:07 UTC 2005


Kubuntu uses sudo inplace of su.

In the console, preface any commands you need to run as root with sudo. At the 
password prompt, type your user password.

For KDE apps the use kdesu, type your user password in at the password prompt.

Rob

On Thursday 24 March 2005 02:21, Martin Regner wrote:
> Heyho,
> i'm new to kubuntu but not to Linux. How can i get a root shell.
> Is there a root-user?
> Is there something like a default-password for root?
>
> Greetings
> DonMartio

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