2009/9/10 Bruce Kingsbury <zcat@zcat.geek.nz>
In Ubuntu there is NO root password be default. And by no password I
don't mean 'you don't need to enter one', I mean 'there is nothing you
can possibly type at the password prompt that will be the correct
password'

"sudo -i" will get you a root shell (with your user password)


Sorry, I dont recall anyone mentioning any particular distro.

Liz
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2009/9/10 Daniel Lawson <daniel@meta.net.nz>:
>
> Whereas the password needed for "su" is the root password, which might be
> the same as the user password at some point, but probably isn't.
>
> su -
>
> (you need the password)
> Liz
>
>
> 2009/9/10 Bruce Kingsbury <zcat@zcat.geek.nz>
>>
>> sudo -i
>>
>> 2009/9/10 Robert D Davidson <robert@datamatrix.co.nz>:
>> > Hi Wlug,
>> >
>> > Can someone please give me the correct bash shell commands for getting
>> > into
>> > super user mode.
>> >
>
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