[SOLVED] i am not able to go to root in ubuntu 10.4

vikas_choudharyy · 05-31-2011, 09:45 AM

i am using ubuntu 10.4 ultimate. I am not able to go my root.
I am using the command: > su
and even feeding the right password.

please healp me.

thanx in advance

Nylex · 05-31-2011, 09:48 AM

You really should have done a search, which undoubtedly would have turned up the following page from the Ubuntu documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo.

mericet · 05-31-2011, 09:53 AM

sudo su
then enter password

MTK358 · 05-31-2011, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikas_choudharyy

i am using ubuntu 10.4 ultimate. I am not able to go my root.
I am using the command: > su
and even feeding the right password.

please healp me.

thanx in advance

If you're giving it the password for you user account, that's wrong. You need to enter the root user's password.

As far as I know, Ubuntu doesn't let you log in as root by setting the password to some random characters. Try this command:

Code:

sudo passwd

It will prompt you for the new root password. From now on, you should be able to use that password with su.

EDIT: I just tried this on an Ubuntu VM, and it does work.

Wim Sturkenboom · 05-31-2011, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mericet

sudo su
then enter password

And that password should be the user password, not the root password (that you don't know anyway).

Further I prefer

Code:

sudo su -

as it uses root's environment.

snowday · 05-31-2011, 12:51 PM

Ubuntu's recommendation is to use "sudo" for a single command as root or "sudo -i" for a root shell. This is detailed in the article Nylex linked to in post #2.

mehreen · 05-31-2011, 01:32 PM

sudo
passwd
will ask ubuntu name and passwrd
aftr doing all typ su

root will be changed