On 01/27 12:16 , Les Mikesell wrote:
> You can 'sudo su -' to get a root terminal if you want.  That even works 
> on a Mac, which they seem to want to emulate.

'sudo bash' works, in addition to the other suggestions put forth.

there's an easy fix. just set a root pw on an Ubuntu box and the
conventional 'su -' will work thereafter.

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Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
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