Re: Debian 8

[Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>]

David <david.g_jones@ntlworld.com> writes:

> I have loaded Debian 8 on to a 64 bit pc.
>
> Everything went well until I came to configure it, the local screen is
> blank, but if I SSH into the box it works. But I can only logon as a
> user.
>
> I need to be able to logon as root to make changes. I've tried sudu,
> but as the sudo program has not been loaded I cant.
>
> Can any body suggest how to logon as root.

Run

su -

as user and give root password to become root?