arch38 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Does anyone know how i can login as SU because when i type it in i get S4 because i cant get the lock off, i have tried everything, does any one else have any ideas? Arch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 You should normally log in as your normal user then type: su all commands are in lower case, so make sure yours is being typed correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 su isn't actually a user, it means switch user. The username is actually root, but you should use the su command to switch to the root account as Ian suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhn Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Try boot into singel user mode (runlevel 1) by pressing esc at the bootmenu and insert the name of the bootoption followed by a space and 1. Maybe you can solve your problem from there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Try boot into singel user mode (runlevel 1) by pressing esc at the bootmenu and insert the name of the bootoption followed by a space and 1.Maybe you can solve your problem from there... Also try typing your password as login name.. just check you have the right keymap loaded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 when i type it in i get S4 because i cant get the lock off What on earth does that mean? How can you get S4 when you try to type in su? Are you talking about caps lock or num lock? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhn Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 (edited) when i type it in i get S4 because i cant get the lock off What on earth does that mean? How can you get S4 when you try to type in su? Are you talking about caps lock or num lock? :unsure: Think his numlock is on, on my laptop the numpad '4' is the same key as 'u'. 'o' is the same as '6' so he want be able to login as root eighter, whitout going into runlevel 1... @arch38: try copy'n'paste an 'u' after the 's' (if you are in X). Edited November 2, 2006 by Mhn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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