When I first got my Librem 5, I was able to get root access using either su or sudo su (can’t remember which now). I didn’t make any account changes nor any password changes. But I no longer have root access. Both ways give me authentication errors. One says my account has expired and says to contact my system administrator. So whatever happened, I can’t see how I could have caused it. So how do I get root access back? My Librem 5 is starting to feel more like an Android device when it denies me access.
I’m pretty sure the root account is disabled on PureOS.
Can you do sudo some-other-command successfully?
To enable the root account, sudo passwd root I think will let you set a password on it, after which you can sudo su.
(Someone correct me if wrong, it’s been a while).
I use sudo bash for a root term
You can also use sudo cmd
It’s sudo -s.
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Thanks for the replies here. Problem solved.
Which method did you use?
It is - and that’s the way it should be left. It just isn’t needed (in the Debian family).
You never did have a usable root account. It is disabled out-of-the-box. It is unlikely that anything has changed.
sudo -i
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“sudo -s bash”
Sudo bash (enter 123456)
whoami root
cd root, ls (yep, it worked). I should be locked out of here. But I see the protected files and directories in the root directory.
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