Re: root privilege

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 1/7/2018 9:14 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 08:16:58AM -0700, Gary Sylvester wrote:
> > How do I get root privilege in Debian 9?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Gary
>
> This is a debian-user question. By default, if you step through the
> installer and _don't_ give a root password, then sudo is set up such
> that the first created user is set up to use sudo.
>
> Login as that user and type sudo [command]
>
> At least that's what I'm assuming you're asking. 

If you did enter a root password:

$ su --login

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John Doe