about using su

Jim Cheetham jim at iNode.co.nz
Thu Sep 30 04:04:09 UTC 2004


hernandez nestor wrote:
> hello there,
> I just wanted to aks how to get root privilegies,
> when I type su, it ask for password...
> what is the password,
> I want to edit the sources.list of debian,
> but gives a non write permission
> help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
Use the 'sudo' command instead, and provide your own user password.

-jim




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