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01-17-2005, 10:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Jackson, MI
Distribution: Mepis Lite, Ubuntu 5.10 and Suse 10
Posts: 19
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denied access to move files into /usr/src directory
I've installed Mandrake 10.1 and so far so good with the exception my Internet connection. I've downloaded a couple of files to make my wireless card compatible.
I untarred the files OK, however I'm denied whenever I try to move them into the directory: /usr/src. Also, I cannot run command; make config; make all, etc....
I've tried running the commands from the root console on Kconsole. I'm dazed and confused.
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01-17-2005, 10:10 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,149
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Are you logged in as root? What's the permissions of /usr/src ? And you should really place the tar.gz file in /usr/src, and then untar it there.
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01-17-2005, 10:14 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Jackson, MI
Distribution: Mepis Lite, Ubuntu 5.10 and Suse 10
Posts: 19
Original Poster
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How do you log in as root? Do I start in failsafe mode? I was level 2 user according to the system administrator
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01-17-2005, 10:30 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,149
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Quote:
Originally posted by Larry O
How do you log in as root? Do I start in failsafe mode? I was level 2 user according to the system administrator
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System Administrator? If you don't have sudo access or root's password, I'd talk to your system admin before proceding.
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01-17-2005, 11:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Distribution: SuSE 9.1
Posts: 150
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assuming you are the admin. type su in a console. the enter the root pass. then cp /here /to/path/there . then tar -xvf tarball.tar or in the kmenu look for file manager > super user mode.
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