I need to run a command with administrative privileges. Someone said I should run a command as root. How do I do this?

Oct 5, 2016 · How do I change from user to superuser (root)? What command do I use in the Terminal to switch to root? I have tried --help but I get lost with all the listed help. I'm looking …

As previously stated, you ask how to run Terminal as root, but more likely you actually want to run the graphical Terminal application as your normal user, and start a root shell inside it where …

In that case, use: sudo su - to execute a login shell as root after auhenticating sudo, and that shell will not need sudo to run admin commands. To return to the normal user shell, insert the …

Apr 13, 2015 · What is "root"? root is a user existing on every Linux system. To be more precise, it is a special user - the super user! root is the only user that has privileges to do everything. In …

The command chown root:root changes the user and group of the specified file or directory to user root and group root. I don't know why that answer recommends setting the chowning the …

Dec 12, 2019 · If I change the password for the root user is that going to automatically change the password for the user account? I found this link for root: WikiHow: How to Change the Root …

0 You can turn your terminal into a root session by typing su or you can prefix a command with sudo <command> to run that particular command as a superuser/root To edit motd, the …

Mar 31, 2017 · What happens if you run apt-cache policy sudo ? Not all Linux distros install sudo by default (Debian, for instance, will install sudo if and only if you don't specify a root password …

Aug 27, 2012 · But sudo is not how you "gain" root privileges. sudo is used when you already have root level access from the admin group and want to use it. The question implies "gain" as …