setup myself up as root user

jbumgarjr · 03-31-2010, 09:27 AM

when i type in su in the terminal it asks me for a pwd. I type in my user pwd and it denies me. So how do I set myself up as a root user?

JimBrewster · 03-31-2010, 09:29 AM

You need to enter the root password. If you don't know it that's another issue. If you have sudo set up that takes your user password. Thus to run a root shell you can enter 'sudo su' or 'sudo su -'

brianL · 03-31-2010, 09:36 AM

In Ubuntu you run commands needing root permission with sudo command (then your own password).

bret381 · 03-31-2010, 09:50 AM

you can set a root password with sudo passwd, but sudo -i will give you the same access and you won't have to type sudo before everything

jbumgarjr · 03-31-2010, 10:02 AM

ok that worked for being root. Now I want to return as a user. How would this noob do this?

bret381 · 03-31-2010, 10:05 AM

jbumgarjr · 03-31-2010, 10:32 AM

A big thanks for all the help!