unable to get root acces
 

I'm unable to get root access on Mageia 5, how do I get it?

many distributions now use sudo instead. Try sudo somecommand. For a root shell try sudo sh

sudo will prompt for YOUR password

For root shell sudo -s, for root shell with root environment sudo -i.

sudo -s is superfluous. You get a root shell with or without it.

Beware of distributions which may not give a login shell for root in /etc/passwd - for they will barf on sudo -i

I've always used su in a terminal to gain root access on Mageia with no problems whatsoever.

As far as I know, Mageia does not automatically configure the sudoers file; that's pretty restricted to Ubuntu and its variants.

Yeah, I use su on my Arch system. I never did like the misuse of sudo and the sudoers file. It wasn't intended to replace su altogether. It was a great way to allow certain people - or groups of people - limited root privileges for specific tasks.

even on Debain 7 and 8 i use
"su" and " su - "

on multi user set ups where there can be a few techs in the same office sudo is great
but normally su and su -

in ubuntu desktop i use:
1- sudo -i
add pwassward of user
2- passwd
add password of root user

so you are now a root