Hi, sorry, my first mail was intended to be sent to the list, too. Am Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:46:57AM +0530 schrieb Avinash Joshi: > > Am Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 08:35:47AM +0530 schrieb Avinash Joshi: > > > Just > > > ~ $ sudo gainroot > > > > in this context I've got another question: > > I've never understood why I should use gainroot instead of simply typing > > `sudo > > su`. Is there any difference? > > > > Here is the thing (BTW, this is what i understand); Maemo N900 is not > supposed to allow a user to gain root access. So, the rootsh package gives > us a back-door entry :) > > And, you can aswell do a `sudo su`; but we do not have the root password in > the beginning. So, do a `sudo gainroot` and then change the root password > and then `sudo su` Okay, then maybe my problem of understanding has its origin in the fact that I bought my N900 second hand. Although I'm supposed that the former owner did not have done much with it. The thing is that on my N900 I was always allowed to gain root access by `sudo su` without any password (although there is no entry allowing su explicitly in the sudoers file...). Regards Oleg -- "Dass der Mensch das edelste Geschöpf sei, lässt sich schon daraus abnehmen, dass es ihm noch kein anderes Geschöpf widersprochen hat." Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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