Permissions

[ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY]

On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 08:12 +0300, audriusb at homelan.lt wrote:
> Quoting Andy <andy.choens at gmail.com>:
> 
> Open root terminal and you'll be able to perform every task. Another security
> hole, which can help you, is character console: enter it writting Ctrl+Alt+F1 ,
> login name and password. Launch sudo command:
>    sudo su -
> and you gain the root rights.
> Enter Ctrl+Alt+F7 when you want to back into graphics mode.
> 
> Gediminas Bukauskas
> 
(I don't want to be a jerk or something, so my apologies if this message
upsets you, I wrote it for pure learning only!)

You don't need to run "sudo su -" to login as the root user, "sudo -s
-H" is enough! (In the former command, you're running two process,
"sudo" and "su", while in the later it's only the "sudo")

And to get back from the console to X, all you need is ALT+F7 (CTRL is
not needed, though it wont heart either!).

Thanks.
Ziyad.