Changes between Version 71 and Version 72 of InstallationGuidelinesVirtualMachine

Timestamp:

01/04/11 16:18:50 (14 years ago)

Author:

rik goldman

Comment:

added escalation of privs

InstallationGuidelinesVirtualMachine

@@ -90 +90 @@
 ||Username: ''root''||||Password: ''root''||
 ==== Root User ====
-Username: root
+There is no practical reason to login in as ''root''.
 
-Password: to be determined
+If one needs root privileges, ''dev'' can have them. The following lines offer strategies for escalating ''dev'''s privileges from the command line. Start LXTerminal and use one of the following strategies.
+{{{
+sudo command-to-execute-as-root #executes on command or pipeline of commands as root.
+su - root #Switch user to root
+command to execute #1 command executed as root
+command to execute #2nd command to execute as root
+command to excecute #3rd command to execute as root
+exit # Exit using root's account and shell
+}}}
 ==== Dev User ====
 Username: dev