Open Terminal as root

Sometimes, you'll be asked to open a Terminal window, and become root.

To do that, on the HDA itself, go in the Applications menu, and select System > Terminal.

To do that from a remote computer, SSH into your HDA.

Once the Terminal window is open, type the following command (NOTE: Precede each command with sudo for Ubuntu):

su -

You'll be asked for the root password:

[gb@hda ~]$ su -
Password:

You now have a Terminal open, and you're logged as root:

[gb@hda ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@hda ~]#