Getting into the linux root - grub editing

As this page says root is the user name or account that by default has access to all commands and files on a Linux or other Unix-like operating system. It is also referred to as the root account, root user and the superuser. Getting into the linux root is a necessity when talking about privileges and let me show you how to get the easy access.

You shall need :-

1. An Linux operating system -(Ubuntu ,Fedora or anything .. )


2. Direct access to the system, ie you need to restart it alright.


3. The Recovery mode enabled in the GRUB is not a necessity.

The steps :-

1. So, the vector is the GRUB boot loader, we see just after booting on our system :-


2. Here, select the first option , and press 'e' as it says to edit.(Ubuntu,with LINUX ) .


3. Here edit the line : set root = '(hd0,msdos1x)' to ' '


4. press F10 to boot and you will get into the root@none shell :D


5. now enter : mount -rw -o remount /
   Actually you are remounting the base file-system '/' in rw (read-write) mode so that you can actually change the / contents .


6. now enter the password changing command : passwd


7. enter new passwords :)


8. enter the command : sync      To make the changes permanent (can skip of course.)


9. reboot -f      and you are ready to go :).


10. Now to access root terminal from a local account :- Open the terminal, and type su ; enter the root password and :)

Thank You !

Disclaimer :- Working in the root terminal can cause irrecoverable errors to the system. Please be careful.I shall never be held responsible though. :D