On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 15:32 -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > Sounds good but how do I log into root?
Open a terminal emulation, use the menu to do it, you already found out how to do this. It will look similar to this: [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ Then type su - and push enter [spinymouse@archlinux ~]$ su - Password: You will be asked for the "admin" password. Type the password and hit enter. [root@archlinux ~]# On a default Debian the prompt "$" is for a user and "#" for root, on Arch it's the same just the [ ] differs to Debian. On Suse for example the prompt for the user by default is ">". Or else ... If you push the Ctrl-key, Alt-key and F1-key at the same time you get a real console. Then you need to type "root" and enter, and then you'll be asked to type the password followed by enter. Ctrl-key, Alt-key and F7-key will bring you back to X (your WM/DE). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1350335486.2252.70.camel@localhost.localdomain
