how do i login as the root user

Robin01 · 08-29-2003, 05:03 PM

Hello everybody,

everytime the pc is booted it logs in as the user i created initially/.. from the terminal how do i login as the root user...

also.. when i installed redhat 9 i dont remember it asking me for a user name but i do remember it asking me for a root password...

anyideas

Odd_Bloke · 08-29-2003, 05:07 PM

Don't login as root ever. Things go horribly wrong.

Type 'su -' at the console to get to the root account temporarily. But ensure you close it after you're finished, don't use it to run any programs it doesn't need to (thankfully gtk-gnutella warned me

).

pnh73 · 08-29-2003, 05:20 PM

Hi,

Strange that you cannot recall it asking for a root password. Any way, to temporarily login as root from a terminal then you can do the following:

Code:

[user@server dir]$ su
Password:

then enter the password that you set (or think you could of set

)

or you can do this from the terminal (not recommended as you could end up trashing your system by logging in as root, you just have too much power.

Code:

[user@server dir]$ logout

after doing this you will be presented with a login prompt.

Hope that helps

Odd_Bloke · 08-29-2003, 05:34 PM

Oh, sure, explain what you mean.

Like that'll help newbies.

You can also get to a super-user file manager (at least on KDE on Red Hat 9) by going to Menu>System Tools>More System Tools>File Manager - Super User Mode. Dunno if that'll help.