Tuesday, February 27, 2018

command line - How do I run any application as root?

While logged in as the root account of a CLI installation, almost every application gives me this error:


Don't run this as root!

I want to bypass this error and run the application while logged into root. How do I do this?


Edit: I understand the risks of using the root user and I will still want to use it. Thank you for your suggestions.

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