root login

paarthiban · 07-03-2012, 01:23 AM

hi,

i am new to linux programming.i installed suse in my computer and i practice linux cmd.while practicing some commands,the error message showed as must login super-user. so how can i login as super-user? and what is a procedure,could anyone kindly tell me.....

evo2 · 07-03-2012, 01:28 AM

Hi,

welocome to LQ. To become root in a terminal, you can use the "switch user" command, "su". Eg.

Code:

su -l

HTH,

Evo2.

paarthiban · 07-03-2012, 01:33 AM

ya thank you... i will try as soon

mreff555 · 07-03-2012, 09:17 AM

You will need the root password. If you were not asked to set one when you installed your system you are using a distribution which uses sudo. If this is the case, rather than typing su

type: sudo command
It will ask your for a password which will be your password, not the root password.

John VV · 07-03-2012, 03:20 PM

opensuse12.1 and SELD 11

do something very odd with the root account and install

it defaults to YOUR NORMAL user password
-- very bad idea on novells part--

that is UNLESS you unchecked the already checked "check box"
to set a different root password

so it might be your normal account password that is ALSO the root account password