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Hamed Kamrava
Asked: 2014-09-18 22:22:26 +0800 CST

Login as root in shell

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I'm trying to login as root in shell by following command :

$ echo 'myPassword' | sudo -Si

But gets me following error:

stdin: is not a tty
-bash: line 1: myPassword: command not found

My Goal :

I added above command in ~/.bashrc in order to whenever Terminal starts up, it logged in as root

P.S :

I can successfully run below command :

For instance

$ echo 'myPassword' | sudo -S chown $USER ~/file.txt
gnome-terminal

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It's as simple as this:

    sudo -i

    Update:

    Seems like you want to get into root automatically whenever terminal is opened. Well, I'm not going to give you a lesson about security, but instead will provide you a solution:

    1. Get rid of password when doing sudo:

      sudo visudo

      And add following line (replace username with whatever you need):

      username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

    2. Next, add following at the end of your ~/.bashrc file:

      sudo -i
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