On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:55:09 -0500 "Thomas H. George" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have forgotten how to become root on a customised usb-hdd which I > built with the aid of lh_clean, lh_config and lh_build. The system > boots nicely from the usb stick and opens a gnome desktop. I can open > console displays (F1, etc) as a regular user but I wish to switch to > root to make some modifications. > > Tom > > if you want to run things in graphic mode you can run things from a console either 1. run su and then enter the passwork to become root 2. if it's configured you can use sudo from the run window you can also run programs using gksu which is a gui front end to su 3. At least some gui programs that are meant to be run as root (and there are very few) are configured to use gksu anyway (aptitude does it on the command line probably synaptic does it in gui also) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
