Ubuntu 7.04

[aakash602]

i use ubuntu 7.04 and am a beginner. i use it on a home PC.

 

wenever i try to modify files from ubuntu in any partitions, it says dat i dont have d permission cuz i'm not d owner. owner is shown 2 b 'root'. wat do i do?

[Zane]

well hopefully you haven't lost your root password or you're doomed (as far as your current installation experience goes)

but if you know it...either log on as root or look into the sudo command

 

google it... sudo

[aakash602]

a password was asked during installation. but dat duz not work with un 'root'.

[Zane]

OH yeah....nevermind

Ubuntu doesn't have a root user

 

you have to use the sudo command...like I mentioned

for anything having to do with root permissions

 

EDIT and you have to use that password

[Daniel0]

OH yeah....nevermind

Ubuntu doesn't have a root user

 

Its password is just locked. You can "enable" it by using passwd to set a password for the root user. You can also get a root session by typing sudo -i

[sylvertwst]

u can try one of following:

sudo <command>

this will execute whatever command you give it with root privileges. if there's multiple commands you need to do you'll have to type 'sudo' everytime at the start of the line.

 

if you dont want to do that you can do (not recommended):

sudo su

will make you root in terminal until you decide to stop using root privileges bye tying 'exit'

 

these above two should give you all the acces you need to do whatever you want. in ubuntu you shouldnt need to gain a fully enabled root account.

 

hope it helps,

Sylv