[Ubuntu-US-CA] Is this a good place to ask a Ubuntu "Command line" question... ?

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Skyzone9 <zoink444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am new to Ubuntu and trying to learn Linux, and I have a question about
> the "SU" command....
> I am not sure who to send it to.
>
> I just need to know how to sign-in as Superuser.
> I just downloaded Ubuntu 10.04.3  and when I type the "su" command it just
> says " su: Authentication failure"
> I am using my normal sign-on password....,   is there some other default
> sudo password... ?

In addition to the documentation Alex provided, the specific
documentation about the use of sudo (and the reason why su works the
way it does in Ubuntu) can be found here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

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