How to get access to the user root of Home Assistant (ova: Linux KVM.qcow2)?

We need to know how to access the root user in order to manipulate docker containers, since we need to push a container to a different network. Is there a way to access more technical settings of the Home Assistant system or a console using bash?

On my system you don’t need to be root to use docker.

But here Debugging the Home Assistant Operating System | Home Assistant Developer Docs or here 🆕[add-on] HassOS SSH port 22222 Configurator

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In our system we only can use “ha docker info” and “ha docker registries”. We understand that if we use a console like “HassOS SSH port 22222” this console is opened in a docker container. However, thanks to the first link we understand that the OS of the Home Asssitant is a buildroot. Is there any way to unlock this buildroot and access docker commands like “docker ps”, “docker inspect”, “docker network create”, etc?

Install the ssh & web terminal addon.

Turn off protection mode.

Docker will work properly.

This is not correct. If you are using 22222 you are connecting to the host and not a container