Given that httpd.conf was one of the files mentioned, I'd have to disagree with that. I'd also use xterm rather than ctrl-alt-f1 ( which only works if the gettys are running! ), as it's friendlier to your monitor.
Steve On Wed, September 14, 2005 2:42 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:38, motivated wrote: >> How do I log in from there as Root, because I cant get access to half my >> files. > You should change the ownership of the files to yourself so that you can > get > access to them as yourself. > Open a virtual teminal ( Ctrl+Alt+F1 ) and login as root > cd to the base directory of where your files are and execute this > command:- > chown -R kelvyn:users . > Yes, that full-stop/period is supposed to be separated by a space. > ( That's assuming that your login identity is actually 'kelvyn' ) > This will change the ownership of all files and directories in the base > directory and all subdirectories to you. > > Now log out from the terminal where you logged in as root before you have > an > accident. > Ctrl+D, or the commands logout or exit. > >> I tried opening the terminal and logging in there as Root, but that >> didnt do > it. > The login/user names are case sensitive. it's 'root', not 'Root'. > > -- > CS > -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
