<![CDATA[How can I get logged in as a root user?]]>Okay so I enter su - at the end of the ~$ but I want ~# and I hit enter and enter my passcode and I get authentication error

How can I get logged in as a root user?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4953/how-can-i-get-logged-in-as-a-root-userRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 09:16:33 GMTFri, 25 Sep 2020 01:29:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How can I get logged in as a root user? on Tue, 06 Oct 2020 07:55:26 GMT]]>@AppLee this your message has to be somwhere on first landing pages. This is not quite good for marketing part of the project, but informative and fair enough for new users.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/41152https://forums.ubports.com/post/41152Tue, 06 Oct 2020 07:55:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I get logged in as a root user? on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:45:09 GMT]]>@Stam26
Ubuntu Touch is not an ordinary OS.
The root filesystem is read only because the OTA is based on an image.

If you want to install more traditional softwares to your device, the proper way to do it is by setting a Libertine container and then install it within the container.
http://docs.ubports.com/ro/latest/userguide/dailyuse/libertine.html

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/41078https://forums.ubports.com/post/41078Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I get logged in as a root user? on Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:01:58 GMT]]>Indeed, sudo -s worked but when trying installing e.g viber.deb via dpkg -i viber.deb, never succedded...

The same happened when e.g apt-get install vim.

So, is there any way to fully take advantage of root permissions, as in an ordinary ubuntu installations?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/41061https://forums.ubports.com/post/41061Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:01:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I get logged in as a root user? on Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:53:18 GMT]]>screenshot20200925_074001173.png
sudo su work and after exit

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/40694https://forums.ubports.com/post/40694Fri, 25 Sep 2020 05:53:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I get logged in as a root user? on Fri, 25 Sep 2020 04:18:41 GMT]]>Should that not be Sudo -s just to be clear. Anyway please mark as solved using Topic Tools ask as question to help others Thanks.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/40687https://forums.ubports.com/post/40687Fri, 25 Sep 2020 04:18:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I get logged in as a root user? on Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:12:35 GMT]]>@DaveNotHere Never mind I solved it. it is sud -s then your passcode

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