I want to be as powerful as root
 

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me how i can give myself the same 'powers' as root from the terminal? I have already tried using the 'Users and groups' from administration but didnt seem to work

Im programming something and cant compile and run cos it keeps saying i dont have permissions for the one file.

Thanks

Access to a file should be handled through that file's permissions, not by becoming root. Care to elaborate a bit on the problem?

Other options would be using su to become root, or sudo to give root permissions to a specific command. However, it is probably worth looking at the file permissions first.

sudo chmod a=rwx /file/name

Hangdog is right. You should try to fix your problem on the file permission level first. Running personal program as root is a very bad idea. You can crash your system. Provide us more detail of your problem and we will try to help you solve your problem.

is it permissions for that file, or what the file is trying to do. If a program you are compiling is accessing a protected directory (one a user does not have permissions for, kernel source and whatnot), then you have to use su -. If it's just the file you are trying to run, then it is a permissions error. A chmod or chown could help you out (depending on if you user owns the file or not...)