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How do I become a super user on the raspberrry pi

rhydian98

Hello

 

When i got my RPI working it would not let me poweroff unless i was a "superuser". how do I become a superuser on the rpi.

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  • Little reminder:
    you should be logged by default (at Raspian /Debian) as

    Username: pi

    Password: raspberry

    (EDIT: by doing that you become superuser)

    It should be done after boot, before "startx" command (start GUI). At least first time you boot RPi.

    If you made auto login / auto startx enabled ( http://elinux.org/RPi_Debian_Auto_Login ), you don't have to do it again, so

    it is easy for new user to forget password (or procedure).

     

    Everytime when you want to "order" some important system commands you have to use  "sudo" command (or "su" but it is not the same), as a prefix (in front) of actual command(s).

    After that you will be immediately prompted for password, so this is what you have to enter ("raspberry").

     

    One more for new users:

    When you are asked for password, letters you type in are not visible: It is not error, it is common because of security reasons.

    If you mistype letter at password prompt, you can not delete it and continue to type: it will be treated as wrong password. You should start over again.

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  • Little reminder:
    you should be logged by default (at Raspian /Debian) as

    Username: pi

    Password: raspberry

    (EDIT: by doing that you become superuser)

    It should be done after boot, before "startx" command (start GUI). At least first time you boot RPi.

    If you made auto login / auto startx enabled ( http://elinux.org/RPi_Debian_Auto_Login ), you don't have to do it again, so

    it is easy for new user to forget password (or procedure).

     

    Everytime when you want to "order" some important system commands you have to use  "sudo" command (or "su" but it is not the same), as a prefix (in front) of actual command(s).

    After that you will be immediately prompted for password, so this is what you have to enter ("raspberry").

     

    One more for new users:

    When you are asked for password, letters you type in are not visible: It is not error, it is common because of security reasons.

    If you mistype letter at password prompt, you can not delete it and continue to type: it will be treated as wrong password. You should start over again.

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