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I am logged in with imp user. And when I am trying to login via root user on terminal:

impuser@machine:~$ su - root

it gives:

setgid:Operation not permitted

any idea,How to resolve this issue?

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answered 1 Year ago ipentainer · Accepted Answer

Ubuntu only allows sudo to increase privilege level, not su (unlike other distros). To get a root shell, try this:

sudo su