Password for ROOT account

[Gavitor]

HI all,

A simple question. What is the password for the root account
on the RaspberryPi? I'm sick of using 'sudo'.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

[ghans]

On Debian , the root account has no password.
If you insist :

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sudo passwd root

will set one.

ghans

[sdjf]

after installing the sudo package running arch, I can enter the following and it prompts me just once for the root password, and then I am running as root and do not have to use sudo.

su root

I do not know if you can do that with your system, but you could try. It opens another shell with root permission for me, and when I exit, it puts me back in my main login shell.

[jojopi]

after installing the sudo package running arch, I can enter the following and it prompts me just once for the root password, and then I am running as root and do not have to use sudo.
su root

Why did you even install sudo, if you want to use su instead?

The situation in the Foundation's images is not that su does not work, but that the root password is not pre-set. Hence the answer above yours.

You do not actually need a root password if sudo is configured. Then "sudo su" is the same as your command.

[DBryant]

By far the easiest way is to execute:
sudo bash

You will be prompted for your password once adnthen you enter a sheel where you can run as many 'root' commands as you like. When you're done type exit.

The overhead is no greater than enabling the root account.