jsa wrote:
louyo wrote:
in a terminal, enter: sudo su
enter your password.
Lou
Lou, that doesn't always work. Especially in ubuntu which installs by default with no (or unknown) password for root. (Works for opensuse and any proper disto.)
On Ubuntu, where root doesn't even have a password in many cases, you can simply do sudo -s and you will have a root shell. This works on virtually any linux, with the only difference being which password it will ask for (yours or roots) which varies by distro.
When done from the original account setup when Ubuntu was installed I have to disagree with your assessment of using sudo su in Ubuntu as I like Lou have been using Ubuntu for quite some time and have never had an issue using sudo su or sudo su - in Ubuntu.