Permission denied when accessing su

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I am running Ubuntu on VirtualBox and I can't access Su.

When I type su and enter my password it says permission denied. I want to create and edit files through terminal so I need to do this.

Authentication failure is what I get
– Alexander Ravenhill
May 2, 2016 at 4:05 — Alexander Ravenhill, May 2, 2016 at 4:05

user533208user533208 · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-02 04:06:40Z

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Try using sudo su instead. That should work a little better for you.

Let me know if this helps.

answered May 2, 2016 at 4:06

user533208

I solved it. Just type Sudo -i
– Alexander Ravenhill
May 2, 2016 at 4:08
I'm glad you found something that works for you.. Typing sudo will indeed run a single command with superuser privileges. To enter superuser mode (to run multiple commands as root, without the need to type "sudo" for each one), you can use sudo su.
– user533208
May 2, 2016 at 4:11

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