<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>I use screen to open many shells, and in one "window", I do:<br><br></div>$ su -<br><br></div>Then enter the password<br></div><br>I am in a root shell in that "window" forever.<br>
<br>Or, if it is a machine that you are not logged into all the time, just do:<br><br></div>$ sudo bash<br></div>Then enter the password<br><br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, John Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jvj@golden.net" target="_blank">jvj@golden.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="">On 2014-05-21 10:13, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
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Is it just me or what? The su has always been in Linux since forever.<br>
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It is me. Not you.<br>
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Many years ago I looked for SU and was advised to do all 'root' stuff with $ sudo.<br>
I did not know about $ sudo su<ENTER> until recently.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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