Just a little enlightenment...

If you noticed, this post being directed to anyone new to Knoppix / Debian / Linux, that you have two options for being a root; su, and sudo.

Possible uses for these two Command Line commands:

sudo program - where program is something that you want to be run as root user priveledges. This can be used to run only one program as root, and when that program ends, your regular user priveledges are returned in the konsole you entered this command in.

su - This can be used when you need to enter more than one command, and they all need to be run as root. This command is good when you need to run more than one command as root, and dont want to keep adding the sudo in front of all of them...

For some examples:
sudo kcontrol

su
kcontrol
guarddog
netcardconfig
exit

( note, the exit at the end of the su "block" will cause the root logged in to "exit", and log out root, returning you back to your regular user account. It should also be pointed out that all three of the programs, listed inbetween su and exit, are run as root )