unable to make knoppix as super user

[ashmita]

gud evening everyone,
i am trying to remaster knoppix version 3.8.2.
i was trying the commands in bold:
Copy /etc/skel to /home/knoppix

cp -Rp /etc/skel /home/knoppix
Change the user of /home/knoppix and its files to user knoppix

chown -R knoppix:knoppix /home/knoppix
Change the permissions of /tmp to full read/write and execute permissions.

chmod 777 /tmp
Make knoppix as the super user

su - knoppix
after this i was unable to make knoppix as the super user.
like while mounting pen drive and while trying to access any folder in the / directory,i encountered the error permission denied,you must be root.

[tr]

after this i was unable to make knoppix as the super user.

Do you have in /etc/profile:

alias su="sudo su"

Then you can just type 'su' to change to the superuser mode.


-tapsa-

[markpreston]

Make knoppix as the super user

su - knoppix

su - knoppix
won't give you root superuser permissions.
su - root is the command for that.