On Thu 29 Sep 2022 at 15:09:13 (+0100), David wrote: > I have loaded Debian 8 on to a 64 bit pc. > > Everything went well until I came to configure it, the local screen is > blank, but if I SSH into the box it works. But I can only logon as a > user. > > I need to be able to logon as root to make changes. I've tried sudu, > but as the sudo program has not been loaded I cant. > > Can any body suggest how to logon as root.
Log in as a user, then type: /bin/su - and type the root password. Cheers, David.