Cannot sudo pbxexpress in Azure

[Victor Camacho]

Hi,
I tried to sudo in my Linux pbxexpress in azure.
None of the passwords worked.
I ssh as user pbxexpress.
But the password does not work when I try to sudo or su.
Is it not allowed?
Am I using the wrong password?
Thanks in advance!

 

[StefanW]

Point 7 at the end
https://www.3cx.com/docs/hosting-pbx-phone-system-microsoft-azure/#h.u7j6vn1vi2an

 

[Victor Camacho]

Hi StefanW,
I am able to ssh into the azure vm but cannot get root rights using sudo or su.
I do not see a reference to su or sudo in point 7.
Am I not seeing something?
Thanks!

 

[StefanW]

sudo -i (with the same password) does not do the trick?

 

[YiannisH_3CX]

The procedure should look something like the following. The password should be the same as the one used for the management console which was generated by PBX Express.

 

[Victor Camacho]

Thank you Stefan and Yiannis,

Both "sudo -i" and "sudo su" elevate me to root.
I had already used "su" on the 3CXSBC debian 9 box and that worked, so I was expecting similar on pbxexpress box. I am new to debian, raised on OpenBSD and flirt with CentOS and Suse.

Interesting note: "groups" does not show pbxexpress in sudo. Must be the way the account is configured?

Thanks again for you time and assistance.