How Do I Change Normal User to Administrator in Linux?
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Click Users to open the panel. Press Unlock in the top right corner and type in your password when prompted. Select the user whose privileges you want to change. Click the label Standard next to Account Type and select Administrator.

How do I change standard user to administrator?

How to change user account type using Control Panel

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Under the “User Accounts” section, click the Change account type option. …
  3. Select the account that you want to change. …
  4. Click the Change the account type option. …
  5. Select either Standard or Administrator as required. …
  6. Click the Change Account Type button.

How do I become admin in Linux?

You need to use any one of the following command to log in as superuser / root user on Linux:

  1. su command – Run a command with substitute user and group ID in Linux.
  2. sudo command – Execute a command as another user on Linux.
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