Difference between revisions of "Root"

Latest revision as of 00:41, 28 April 2017

Root can mean different things in Linux:

root partition is the partition with your system files in it.
root file system is the ground level of your file system. You can go in no deeper.

root user is the Linux equivalent (more or less) to the Windows Administrator.

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-tags: root administrator permissions console terminal
+Root can mean different things in Linux:<br>
+*''root partition'' is the partition with your system files in it.<br>
+*''root file system'' is the ground level of your file system.  You can go in no deeper.<br><br>
+''root'' user is the Linux equivalent (more or less) to the Windows Administrator.<br>
-Root can mean differrent things in Linux.<br>
+Refer to [[Open_Terminal_as_root|Open Terminal as Root]].
-The ''root partition'' is the partition with you system files in it.<br>
-The ''filesystem root'' is the ground level of your filesystem, you can go in no deeper.<br><br>
-The user ''root'' is the Linux equivalent (more or less) to the Windows
-Administrator.<br><br>
-=== How to become root in a console ===
-If you need root privileges, this is how to get them.
-* Open a terminal ''aka'' console ''aka'' command prompt.<br>
- su -
-* You will be asked for the password (you may not see anything echoed on the screen while entering it).  When you look at the prompt, you will see that the user name has changed to ''root@localhost'' or something similar.  This indicates you now have root privileges
-* Do whatever you needed as root
-* When you are done, enter:
- exit
-You'll notice by looking at the prompt that you are the standard user again.
-Also see [[Open_Terminal_as_root|Open Terminal as Root]].