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10-24-2004, 10:19 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Alabama
Posts: 16
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Stupid Questions
Here are my stupid new linux user questions:
1) HOW DO YOU LOG IN AS ROOT??? I know my username and password, but I can't log in using those at the login thingy
2)When I try to install programs, i get "Permission Denied," but i think its cause i'm not logged in as root.
3) How do I mount my CD ROM? Maybe I need to mount as root...
4) I think all my problems are because I can't log in as root. Anywho, I'm trying to get my Lexar Media JumpDrive Secure to start, and when I start Linux I can see it load it up, but where can i go to see the files? Are they in some secrety hidden foldery thing?
5) I wanna get my external USB 80 gig slave drive to work. Help! (I bet i need root)
Thanks if you can help me! I just now got internet to work... ^_^
Sincerely,
John.
The linux retard. I hate windows.
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10-24-2004, 10:33 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago
Distribution: Slackware64 -current
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if you want to log in as root,
login: root
password: your-root-password
thats it...although you have to be careful while being root. You may end up blowing everything.
Tux.
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10-24-2004, 10:38 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Alabama
Posts: 16
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HOLY CRAP! I THINK I FORGOT MY ROOT LOG IN NAME!
I know the password, but i forgot the screen name...
It might be John... or MasterJohn... or masterjohn or Master John
I don't know
Is there a way to get it back? Do I need to reinstall linux? 
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10-24-2004, 10:53 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: In the DC 'burbs
Distribution: Arch, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 4,290
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Root's login name is (believe it or not) root. You set the password during the install -- hopefully you remember it. If you are logged in as yourself, you can also become root by typing "su =" (no quotes) at a command prompt, then entering the root password.
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10-24-2004, 10:56 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Alabama
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ok, lemme try that real quick. I'll tell u if it works in a min. Thanks a ton! o_O
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10-24-2004, 10:59 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2002
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,348
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Hey, who's buried in Grant's tomb?
Sorry, couldn't resist
Just to confuse you more...
You should really read Rute:
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz
Have fun!
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10-24-2004, 11:02 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Alabama
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10-24-2004, 11:47 PM
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Location: Alabama
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Ok... Now I'm able to log in as root, but installation stuff aint working.
Example: I try to install the new version of Gaim. I run in the command thingy (in the right directory and stuff:
$ ./configure
(Stuff appears, no errors)
$ make
(more stuff, no errors)
$ make install
(Lots more stuff, no errors)
Now what? I can't find where GAIM went. (Btw, my version of linux is CollegeLinux 2.5 i think)
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10-25-2004, 11:03 AM
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"make install" with no errors means you installed the program. Since you didnt provide any prefix (directory of your preference) during installation...most likely it is in /usr/bin. I would suggest you type
$ gaim
at the command prompt and see what happens...I think it should start.
Edit: not to mention /usr/bin should be in your path. To check path type at the command prompt
$ echo $PATH
Last edited by tuxrules; 10-25-2004 at 11:04 AM.
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10-25-2004, 11:53 AM
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Little Rock, AR
Distribution: Fedora Core 2, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Whitebox
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Re: Stupid Questions
I'll take a shot at these
Quote:
Originally posted by zinggniz
3) How do I mount my CD ROM? Maybe I need to mount as root...
5) I wanna get my external USB 80 gig slave drive to work. Help! (I bet i need root)
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Answer to 3 -- generally you can just type in mnt /dev/cdrom. Various distros move it around. Check /etc/fstab to see for sure where it is mounting to (/dev/cdrom, /media/cdrom, /etc.). Usually KDE and Gnome will 'autodetect' the presence of a CD and mount it for you.
Answer to 5 -- If you have hotplug installed (rpm -qa|grep hotplug) it is generally mounted automagically to /dev/sda???. After you plug it in, tail /var/log/messages (as root) to see where it got mounted to, or if there was a problem. In KDE you can create a new device on the desktop to point to it and make things faster for you.
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10-26-2004, 08:44 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Alabama
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It didn't work... :-( O well... I'm going to try to install one more time. Whats the EXACT THINGS i need to type and in WHAT ORDER? Just to make sure i don't mess it up... Thanks so much for the help u gave me so far. I'm gonna mess with what i got so far and see if it will work.
When I launched
$ gaim
Gaim version 0.43 started up and the promp said some kind of "permission denied" error (cause i'm not in as root) instead of 1.07 (the one i installed)
I'm also trying to install Foomatic (for my printer) and mount my slave drive and thumb drive (which are both recognized at start-up in the command prompt stuff, but i can't find how to open the files. Help!)
Thanks!
:-P
I'm also gonna try launching
$ foomatic
and see what happens. In fact, i'm gonna try right now before i finish this post! Wait a min...
... comand not found....
Shoot. o_O
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10-26-2004, 09:47 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Alabama
Posts: 16
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Hey, another weird thing!
How do you tell it where to install it to?
I tried
$ make install /home/zinggniz/foomatic/
for foomatic, (after creating the folder), but it just yelled an error at me.
When I tried to mount my CD rom, it told me:
"mount: can't find /iso9600 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"
and didn't work.
Thanks for not giving up on me yet!
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10-26-2004, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2004
Location: In the DC 'burbs
Distribution: Arch, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu
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Usually you use the --prefix option to ./configure to tell software where to install itself. Most configure scripts have a --help option that will tell you about this and other configuration options. If the software you're installing doesn't use autoconf/automake, you can usually specify it on the command line or edit the Makefile, but it varies.
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