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How to Root Linux Desktop Through Terminal

mrfdn – In the Linux system, the term root is known. Root is the super user or user who has the highest level in the Linux system. He is like an admin who can access all the files on the computer.

Under root there is a user.

All user files are in /home.

Ordinary users cannot access files in the root unless they have access.

For this reason, the terms su and sudo are known.

Su means Switch User and Sudo means Switch User Do.

The SU command will only give the command to change the user, can be root or to another user. For example by typing the command su andi, then the system will switch to user andi.

The SUDO command will give the command to do something by requesting access from root. For example, if you want to install the Solus rhytmbox application, the command is sudo eopkg install rhytmbox. Enter the root password, then the installation process will begin.

There are times when we as normal users have to log in as root. For example, to install certain applications.

There are times when we have to log in root via the terminal

how to enter root linux terminal

How to enter root in the terminal is very easy, there are several command options that are usually done.

option 1 type:

sudo su or su or sudo -s

option 2 type:

sudo bash

If you want to change the root password type the command

sudo passwd

Then enter the new password you want

Hope it is useful.

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