Being root

[Fred Roller]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 12:19 +0200, Brummelen, M. van (ICT) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> try sudo su - if you really wanna be root :)
> 
> Regards,
> Martijn van Brummelen
> 
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com namens bill
> Verzonden: wo 24-6-2009 12:09
> Aan: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> Onderwerp: Being root
>  
> In unix I am used to logging on as root when I need to do a series of 
> administrative tasks, aware of the danger.
> New to linux, I haven't found a way of logging on as root or su'ing to 
> root. When I installed I did not enter a root password and that makes it 
> difficult to log in.
> 
> How does one set the root password, or is this never done ?
> 
> -- 
> Bill Drescher
> william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
> 
> 
> 
Like you Bill I needed to be root to do a number of tasks.  For the
occasional odds and ends I just sudo the command
sudo [command]

but when there is a bit of work to be done as root then the safest
course is what Martijn suggested.

sudo su -

In this way your user password is all you need to remember and security
stays in place.

-- 
Fred R.
www.fwrgallery.com

"Life is like Linux, simple.  If you are fighting it, you are doing
something wrong."