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In this example we will run mkdir /etc/test command as root user in order to complete command successfully. su Run Single Command As Super User We have the option to run single command as super user by using -c option and the command.

#LINUX MINT SET SU PASSWORD MANUAL#

So, maybe that is why the other instructions for manual login don't work either? su command will ask for root user password in order to become root user. The steps needed to do this were not available in my MATE. An online tutorial gave simple directions to do so, but you could see from their screen shots, they were using Cinnamon. For example, I tried to widen the scroll bars at the right side of the window. I know MATE as a DE is different than Cinnamon. I don't know if that is because I have a user name entered at the bottom of the user window under Automatic login, or if it is a MATE thing. However, when I went to the article you suggested, Enabling manual login did not work. I just did not want to leave myself vulnerable in the way referenced in the other article (title I included in my original post). This computer stays in my home office and is unlikely to come into unsupervised contact by others, so how important is the boot log in password? I ask this only if it will be a real PITA to set up one. How would I establish a regular user password ($) for startup login? I am not keen on reinstalling the OS after a lot of sweat and false starts tweaking it to something I can actually use and see the benefit of linux. I have not tried to change user to Root (#) because years ago when I fiddled with Mint 17.x, and did that I could not get back to ($). The actual password for root account is generated (and thus. This is, by far, the most powerful way of changing and resetting the user password of Linux Mint. If youre using the LiveCD version of Ubuntu, it wont ask you for password, otherwise it will ask you for the password of the user who is currently logged in. sudo su-Now, just like before, enter the command for changing the root password. Is that password my root password? It would appear so. If you still want to change the root password, you will need to open a root shell by entering. This is the same password I use with the sudo command in Terminal. When I muck about with files and installs etc, I am prompted for a password. I press Power and after awhile I get the welcome box and away I go. If you're trying to use su to become root you must first set a password for root, and then you will have to use that password (and not your own) when running a command as root with su. su uses the password of the user you want to run a command as. I must have installed Mint without a password, as I don't have to log in on startup. The same password as you use to login to Linux Mint. Noob who has reentered Linux after giving up for 7 years.

#LINUX MINT SET SU PASSWORD FULL#

Read the forum post "Why do I need to type my password to perform admin tasks?" but did not get a full answer. Checked the forums and did not find this question, nor did I find it using the search window.