become superuser in Debian (sudo) Solved

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Hello,

I have been using Ubuntu and Fedora for a while now, and I'm starting to get interested in DEBIAN and its KDE interface. So I decided to download and install it. I downloaded the 8 DVDs available on the site (since I don't have a good internet connection). I initially installed it with a graphical interface (GNOME by default), and now I've reinstalled it in console mode only. In both cases, I have the same problem: during the installation, I specify a password for the root (let's say rootPass), and a user "moi" with the password "moiPass". I can log in as the user (whether in console mode or graphical interface), but whenever I try to switch to Super user, I get the message:
moi not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported, so I can't become a super user. I read somewhere that I need to modify a certain "sudoers" file, but to do that, I need to switch to root, which I still can't do. Please, I'm struggling; it's been 15 days now, and I've reinstalled it several times without success.

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Saachaa · Accepted Answer

Launch su, and not su <command>  -- &#9834;&#9834; Saachaa &#9835; CCM Contributor

Saachaa · Answer

Hi,

I think Debian is super secure regarding accounts. As a simple USER, you are not in the Sudoers group because you don't have Root permissions.

If you want to gain access to the Root account, use the command:

su

Or force it with:

su -

Good luck.
--
♪♪ Saachaa ♫
CCM Contributor

slifer · Answer

Whether it's with  su -  or  su  I always receive the same error message.

slifer · Answer

Thank you very much, I have just switched to root :), problem solved, I still have a small question, I downloaded the 8 DVDs of DEBIAN so I wouldn't have to rely on the internet when I need to install an application, but now when I started the installation of KDE "apt-get install kde", it starts downloading packages from the internet and I was expecting it to ask me to insert one of my 8 DVDs, how do I install KDE from the DVDs? Otherwise, thank you very much.

Saachaa · Answer

Hi Zipe ;-),  Does apt-get work locally?  I don't know how the Debian DVDs are made, but can't we use dpkg? -- &#9834;&#9834; Saachaa &#9835; CCM Contributor

Saachaa · Answer

@Zipe,  Do we use preferences.list or do we edit sources.list directly?  -- &#9834;&#9834; Saachaa &#9835; Contributor CCM

pétéléplombs · Answer

Hello, personally I achieve the best results by modifying the source.list file - Also, I think that an internet connection is highly recommended for a Debian, even essential ;-)

Emiaki · Answer

To register the 8 DVDs to Debian (or sources.list), you need to do it with the command specifically designed for:

#apt-cdrom add

Then, each time it will ask you to insert a CD to analyze its index. You do this for the remaining 7 DVDs. Once you have all 8 DVDs registered in your sources.list

Good luck.

armeloo1 · Answer

Know one thing my friend, it is that for security reasons, Debian does not allow direct root access but rather you must connect with a user and then switch to root as specified by saacha.  Regards

Become superuser in Debian (sudo)

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