How do I make a super user?

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Limp Gawd
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Hey
I am new to suse and cant figure out how to make a super user.
I cant install things and am kinda stuck.
I am using suse 10.1 with gnome.
 
You don't make a new super-user there is already one present Root

at a command prompt type su and enter the root passwd to gain root/admin control

THERE is a way to make any user root-like but It is extreamly dangerous to use a general-user as a root-user
 
`su -` is how I do it. That extra `-` sets up the enviromental variables for root ( like, for example, path ).

Very annoying problem to troubleshoot if you don't know about that. :D
 
I tried that and got the password prompt and all but still have the same prob.
I am a noobie (less than 1 day) to linux so I will describe my problem.
I need to connect to my home network (windows based).
I have tried using Konqueror to brows the shared files.
When I click on smb shares I get this message" Could not start process Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'smb'."
I googled and the only fix I found was to reinstall samba.
When I try to uninstall or install anything with the install software program I get the you dont have rights to install or unistall (superuser) box.
What do I do to be able to connect to my shared folders on my network?
 
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