need more help

CiScOh4x0r · 01-10-2006, 09:30 PM

hey ... lol , well i need help again! i want to copy files in a root folder, but when i try it, it said: you are not root! so... how can i be root? if ubuntu does not have a root account??... hehe this is a little hard to me...

thanks...

wrj · 01-10-2006, 09:37 PM

You can use sudo.
ex. sudo cp file1 file2

Also you can setup a root account in ubuntu pretty easily. You should check out
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation to help you get more familiar with Ubuntu.

bcmiller · 01-10-2006, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peanut Butter from Ubuntu forum

for yourproblem running as root: type

sudo passwd root
<enter>
<your password>
<enter>
<What you want the root password to be>
<enter>
<What you want the root password to be again>
<enter>

this will allow you to use su and login as root (this is not a good idea)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ght=login+root

aysiu · 01-10-2006, 11:10 PM

Editing files that belong to root