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Using SSH to get to server root
I need to install a couple Perl modules on a Linux VPS, but I can't seem to figure out what access to give myself to be able to do so. I'm using a Plesk interface to set my permissions, and being unfamiliar with Linux I don't know what designates the root.

In the first attached image, can someone tell me what to select.. or if I am not going to be able to get to the root at all?

The second image shows the error I'm getting.

I've tried /bin/bash and /bin/bash (chrooted).. didn't work.
Thanks all!
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I need to install a couple Perl modules on a Linux VPS, but I can't seem to figure out what access to give myself to be able to do so. I'm using a Plesk interface to set my permissions, and being unfamiliar with Linux I don't know what designates the root.

In the first attached image, can someone tell me what to select.. or if I am not going to be able to get to the root at all?

The second image shows the error I'm getting.

I've tried /bin/bash and /bin/bash (chrooted).. didn't work.
Thanks all!


The 2nd image shows you're in the shell, but you're not a root user...

Once you're in the shell, you need to type
su <hit enter>
it will prompt for your super user password... type your password and hit enter.
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Thank you! That worked well and I can run CPAN now to install the modules. It didn't work from /bin/bash, but it did work from /bin/sh.
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Thank you! That worked well and I can run CPAN now to install the modules. It didn't work from /bin/bash, but it did work from /bin/sh.


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