permissions all wrong or just me?
 

hey all, im tring to edit my /etc/fstab file but i dont have the permission, i have mandrake 10.0 rc1 for amd 64 installed and i have tried editing permissions in the mandrake control center but to no avail... oh yeah almost forgot it wont let me login as root.. ie there isn't an option i am a noob here so please be gentle! thanks in advance..

When you are logged in as a user open up a terminal and type "su -" then at the password prompt enter your root password you will then have root access from that shell.

Open up a terminal window and type
su -
press enter
root password
press enter

You now will have permission

oops a little slow:D

thanks, how do i edit the /etc/fstab from there... thanks!

either

vi fstab
or
pico fstab
whatever editor you use...........

From the terminal:
vi /etc/fstab

For a vi manual:
http://www.collaborium.org/onsite/ve...nux_guides/vi/

yep i have tried the su and it gets me in as root but i dont no how to edit it from there, is there a command to do this im not familiar running in console as i was with windows since i can remember.. thanks

The command is "vi".

Being a Windows user is no excuse!! Even WITH windows I did most tasks from command line.

Anyway, as a noob you'll find pico much easier to use than vi.
Just type:
pico /etc/fstab to edit it

how do i turn on modifiable i cant find this anywhere!

Maybe you should tell us what you are trying to do. We seem to be going around in circles.

http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr...=Google+Search

If you have MDK 10 use gedit /etc/fstab. gedit is a much more friendly editor than vi.

hey i have edited the fstab no problem but the device in question apparently called removable cant be deleted by me, so i just need to get rid of that ill try gedit thanks...

hey, i edited it out of /etc/fstab but its still there, it is still in /mnt/removable but the problem is this was a compact flash card that it mounted but when i insert it again it cant read any of it! has anyone got any idea what i can do? thanks!

I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to do - are you trying to unmount it?
umount /mnt/removable