How to login as root / superuser in ubuntu linux ?
ROOT Open up your terminal ( ctrl+alt+t ) and enter this command. sudo su enter your password and now you are root user! Notice the $ prompt has changed to # . aman@vostro:~$ sudo su [sudo] password for aman: root@vostro:/home/aman# Now, you don't need to use sudo anymore. for eg. now simply use apt-get update instead of sudo apt-get update . You must be very cautious being a root user. To come back to your normal $ prompt hit ctrl+d .