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Old 12-13-2006, 11:14 PM   #1
agayer
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Root access


Hello,

I'm new to Linux... Mandriva 2007 Free won't allow logins as root? I'm trying to get some .fw files into the /lib/firmware folder but I get "Access Denied" messages. It says that ROOT is the owner of the folder, and that only ROOT has permissions to add/delete things in the folder, but my Mandriva 2007 Free won't allow logins as ROOT. I did move my login to the ROOT group, but this changes nothing. What do I do now?
 
Old 12-14-2006, 12:41 AM   #2
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Log in as your normal user, open a terminal, type "su" (without quotes), press Enter and then enter your root password. You'll then have root privilages and so will be able to write to that folder.
 
Old 12-14-2006, 05:45 AM   #3
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Sweet. It worked. I'm wireless!! Thanks a lot!
 
  


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