Logging On As Root User
 

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO LOG ON AS ROOT USER.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.

REGARDS
DAVE

Open up a Terminal and type " su " then enter...

open a console window and type

su root

you will then be asked for a password

that will be the root password you gave at installation.

when you type it in the console window the cursor doesn't move but rest assured it will be typed.

Then you will be logged in as root.

It's safer than running x-window as root.

when you are finished doing your stuff you type

exit to close that window.

su root
or,
su -

will do the trick.

If your start out at the console screen, then enter root as the user, and enter the root password. If starting out in KDE, GNOME or other X-Windows environment, It is best to log in as a user and use the ´su´ command.
Another way to work as root is to init into a different run level such as ¨init 1¨ however, you need to be logged into root to do this. In an emergency, booting with a rescue disk, or the first install disk (and typing in <F1> then ¨rescue¨) will allow you to perform some of the root functions if you are unable to boot into linux.

Once you log into root, I would suggest making a rescue disk if you don´t have one. If it will fit on a floppy, then the command is mkrescue. If it is too large to fit on a floppy, then mkrescue --iso will produce a rescue.iso file that you can write to disk.

lOGON AS ROOT THANKS TO ALL
 

THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES
DAVE

Doesn't your user that you want to su with have to be in the group wheel first?