On a sunny day (Fri, 6 Jul 2018 18:24:33 +0100) it happened Peter Percival
 wrote in :

>Thank you.  Things are slowly becoming clearer!  I'd still like to know
>root's password, even if I have no use for the root account.

As root, (after using su) set the root password to anything you like by typing:
passwd

that will ask you for a new password

If you are well, I just changed the freaking pie into something useful by
editing
/etc/password changing the entry for 'pi'
#pi:x:1000:1000:,,,:/home/pi:/bin/bash
pi:x:0:0:,,,:/root:/bin/bash


Now pi has root permissions.

I always say, you do not drive your car from the passenger seat !

But then, if you want to hop over for steering all the time ..

I remember Linus (from Linux) saying something along those lines too
not so long ago.
Way too much root fear, and silly warnings.

OK you may wipe out your pie some day,
that is why real men make backups, elsewhere say on a PC
 dd if=/dev/sdb of=my_raspi_when_it_was_still_working_image.

But is DOES require you to be aware what you type,
and understand the system in depth.
Same for driving.
So whatever you think you can handle.



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obladi oblada?

Whatever

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