Bash Shell Comands for getting into Suoeruser
Hi Wlug, Can someone please give me the correct bash shell commands for getting into super user mode. Cheers Robert
sudo -i 2009/9/10 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>:
Hi Wlug,
Can someone please give me the correct bash shell commands for getting into super user mode.
Cheers
Robert
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su - (you need the password) Liz 2009/9/10 Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>
sudo -i
2009/9/10 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>:
Hi Wlug,
Can someone please give me the correct bash shell commands for getting into super user mode.
Cheers
Robert
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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(a)zcat.geek.nz <mailto:zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>>
sudo -i
2009/9/10 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz <mailto:robert(a)datamatrix.co.nz>>: > Hi Wlug, > > Can someone please give me the correct bash shell commands for getting into > super user mode. >
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) 2009/9/10 Daniel Lawson <daniel(a)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(a)zcat.geek.nz>
sudo -i
2009/9/10 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)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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2009/9/10 Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)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
2009/9/10 Daniel Lawson <daniel(a)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(a)zcat.geek.nz>
sudo -i
2009/9/10 Robert D Davidson <robert(a)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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2009/9/10 Liz Quilty <liz(a)velofille.com>:
2009/9/10 Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)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
It would help if the OP did mention what DIstro they're using. I didn't mean to suggest that any of the previous advice was 'wrong', for most distros 'su -' is right.
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