On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:55 AM Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, 12 September 2023 16:45:21 BST Dale wrote: > > > I currently have Ubuntu installed. I would have been done with it > > sooner but I had a typo in exports and it wouldn't allow me to mount the > > thing. Wrong IP for my main system. At least it's secure. ROFL So > > far, my biggest gripe is sudo this, sudo that. Dang, give me root and > > be done with it. :/ I did try, no freaking password for the thing. I > > gotta google that tho. There has to be a way. > > You could try 'sudo su -' . I don't know, but it's worth a try. > > -- > Regards, > Peter.
If root has a password set then su - is sufficient for Kubuntu. I expect in Dale's case sudo su - gets him to root and then he can set the password and be done with sudo. - Mark
