Commandline 101: su and sudo

[joker71496]

thank you so much!!! im a linux noobie

[darkenigma2652]

Thunar allowed you to open a file as root, which was a massive helper to me for software installation, but since version 0.93 (I think I went from .90 to .93...) you can't do that any more. Any idea how to get that back besides removing it and installing an older package?

[Steven707]

Actually, su means "Substitute user"

[thebikers]

and "superuser" too.

[PenguinCommunity]

thanks for the great videos once again Shawn

=D

here goes a big 'Thank You' from Portugal =P

[Donaldalbert]

Thanks this was very helpful, you rock.

[eXX0]

Or you could do

sudo passwd

to set the password.

[RandomNinjaOfEvil]

sudo -s

is faster.