Re: root privilege

To: Gary Sylvester <slygary@gmail.com>
Cc: debian-doc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: root privilege
From: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:00:26 +0900
Message-id: <[🔎] 20180111130026.GA19316@goofy.tc4.so-net.ne.jp>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 1515338218.12889.4.camel@gmail.com>
References: <[🔎] 1515338218.12889.4.camel@gmail.com>

Hi

On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 08:16:58AM -0700, Gary Sylvester wrote:
> How do I get root privilege in Debian 9?

Please use the appropriate ML, next time you ask
 debian-users@lists.debian.org

I am in good mood.

Short answer:
 $ su
 ...

You need to know the root password.

Debian doesn't setup sudo system like Ubuntu.

Read the basics:

 https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch01.en.html#_the_root_shell_prompt
 https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_securing_the_root_password

Osamu

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