sudo worked fine, thanks very much for all the help guys.
----- Original Message -----
From: mohan amin
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] super-user
Try su - root
Steve Saxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 05 Mar 2006 00:03,
OldSchool wrote:
> Ok....I finally figured out the driver install method, now it's telling me
> that I have to be logged in as super-user to install the damn driver....wtf
> is this? I type su at the command prompt press enter, enter my password,
> and it tells me that authentication has failed!!!!! This is insane!!! How
> do I get superuser access on my own damn computer??????
>
>
Ubuntu uses sudo, what you need to do is type sudo then the command you want
to run.. eg "sudo apt-get install <package>".
You will then be asked for your user password, which will be the password you
used to log in.
Keep trying, and good luck.
Regards
Steve
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