At 12:16 PM 3/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
>it doesn't break the gui, >simply use: > >$ su ># passwd Thanks.. not wanting to seem too ignorant... buttttt...Assuming I'm already logged in as root, I then type su and at the prompt after hitting enter... I do the passwd change command, hit enter again and put in new password, correct?Once done, I continue to log in with ssh as admin, with admin password and when I want to change to su, type su and then the password for su... correct?TIA WS
su is the command to switch user. "$" command prompt above indicates that the user is logged is as non-root. "su" without modifiers instructs that you want to switch to the root account. If you're logged in as root, you don't need to su.
Generally, it is advisable to log in with an account other than root, and switch to root only when it is necessary.
Peter