[PLUG] Open SSH - Signing on at root
drew wymore
drew.wymore at gmail.com
Tue Mar 23 16:25:45 UTC 2010
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Scott Howard <showard at k-hlaw.com> wrote:
> In using Open SSH to a linux box, I get the user directory. I can move
> up to the root but cannot transfer files or work. How do I become the
> root user.
>
> Scott Howard
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this will give you a root shell
su -
or just su which won't be a login shell which is fine if you don't
need all root's env vars and such
or sudo $command ?
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