[PLUG] root login

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Jan 9 20:05:42 UTC 2007


On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Robert Citek wrote:

> $ sudo su -

   You don't need sudo. In a virtual console, type 'su -' and press [Enter].
You'll see a prompt for root's password. Enter that and you have a root
login shell at root's home directory. Using 'su' without the dash raises
your status to that of superuser, but in the current shell.

Rich

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