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Hello, Please can anyone help me, I'm using an eee PC and I've got stuck I need to log in as root. So I use shell prompt and type in ...
  1. 11-23-2008 #1
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    Eee pc log in as root

    Hello,
    Please can anyone help me,
    I'm using an eee PC and I've got stuck

    I need to log in as root. So I use shell prompt and type in "su -". Then i'm prompted to supply a password, which I do not know. Is there a way to reset the su password?

    If you can offer me any advice on this I'd be so grateful

    Thankyou

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    Quote Originally Posted by John2006 View Post
    Hello,
    Please can anyone help me,
    I'm using an eee PC and I've got stuck

    I need to log in as root. So I use shell prompt and type in "su -". Then i'm prompted to supply a password, which I do not know. Is there a way to reset the su password?

    If you can offer me any advice on this I'd be so grateful

    Thankyou

    John2006
    Welcome to the forums!

    Here's a HowTo describing a number of ways to reset your root password:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html

    Maybe you have sudo setup on your machine. If so, check this HowTo for using it, or for instructions to enable the root account:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubu...in-ubuntu.html
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    I have found two ways to obtain root privileges, and neither ask for a password.
    Code:
    sudo bash
    This gives you root privileges, but keeps you in the /home/user directory.
    Code:
    sudo -i
    This gives you root privileges, but puts you in the /root directory.
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