How to su

[Doug Holland]

After getting tired of typing "sudo this" and "sudo that", I found that typing 
sudo -s gets you a root shell.  Handy to know...

Doug

On Thursday 24 March 2005 09:01 am, Rob Willenberg wrote:
> 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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