What's the difference between Administrator & Root

[Bloggsworth]

I installed Kubuntu 4.11.5 on this computer a few days ago, and when installing was asked for only one password, not a different password to use when in Konsole. I wanted to check the cups/error_file, typed su and, as expected, was asked for a password, so I put in my password, but was denied access. I looked in System Settings>Users and am "checked" as the administrator - Help, what step am I missing?

[kubicle]

Root account is locked in *buntus (there is no root password set), the "su" command expects a root password, so it does not accept your account password.

Instead of "su", use "sudo -i" (or "sudo -sH") if you need to get a root shell.

In *buntus, "Administrator" means "user who is authorized to use sudo to run things as root" (in other words, the user is in the "sudo" group).

[Bloggsworth]

Root account is locked in *buntus (there is no root password set), the "su" command expects a root password, so it does not accept your account password.

Instead of "su", use "sudo -i" (or "sudo -sH") if you need to get a root shell.

In *buntus, "Administrator" means "user who is authorized to use sudo to run things as root" (in other words, the user is in the "sudo" group).

Thanks for that Kubicle - That'll teach a newbie to try working with 2 different iterations of Linux at the same time!

[Snowhog]

For when you have that 'spare' moment: RootSudo