[ubuntu] Re: suddenly filling of hd and no access to x

[Fred Roller]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 08:58 +0100, Steve! wrote:
>   
>> boot ubuntu live
>> in terminal:
>> sudo passwd root    -   then give root a password
>>     
>
> I dont think you even need to do this in the live environment to get a
> root terminal. Just do "sudo su" in a terminal, and that should put you
> there.
>
>   
Root from a live cd is simply

    sudo su

no password necessary. 

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