You can sudo passwd root
and then root has a password. Or you can just sudo all your commands. (which is the preferable way) -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Monday 03 May 2010 17:35:30 andrew latimer bwogi wrote: > Guys, i am flying with the lucid version of Ubuntu. I haven't been a > Debian person but... > now that i am running office 2007 seamlessly, two virtual machines of > Windows XP and Suse Linux enterprise server(SLES 11) on my Athlon II > (read core2duo for the intel guys), the windows version of Sam Spade > (interesting tool) also working on this beautiful (wobbling windows and > 3d revolving gnome desktop plus plus... ) system. i am officially > 'getting' converted from an obsession of Suse to Debian like Linux ops, > most especially Ubuntu. > > Chris Kasangaki must be enjoying this... Zzzzz. Seriously, these guys > are serious. > > Can you believe that i can even open my Microsoft HTML HELP executable > books (O'Reilly and other publishers) on this system without a hassle!!! > Guys... > > > I have one issue though! i have a number of applications i want to throw > and compile in the /opt directory but i cant log on as root via > #su root > then i enter the password and wala, like on other systems. Please > Advise. > > Bwogi > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 14:34 +0300, [email protected] wrote: > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. OT: PSTN (POTS) card (joseph mpora) > > 2. Re: Ubuntu Release Party (Kyle Spencer) > > 3. Re: Guzzlers' Pub not found (Kyle Spencer) > > 4. Re: Guzzlers' Pub not found (John Kibuuka) > > 5. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Christopher Nambale) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 12:19:09 +0300 > > From: joseph mpora <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUG] OT: PSTN (POTS) card > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Anyone with PCI PSTN cards in stock? Am interested in an analogue FXO > > card. Please contact me offlist. > > > > Joseph Mpora > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:27:10 +0300 > > From: Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <1272878830.6871.854.ca...@it-manager> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Steen, > > > > It was great to see you. I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the event. > > > > If you have any questions about Ubuntu/Linux, don't hesitate to ask! > > > > Regards, > > > > Kyle Spencer, > > > > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 09:47 +0300, Steen Andersen wrote: > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many dedicated > > > people. > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same evening. It took > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on the same > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, which also > > > takes quite some time). > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source alternative to > > > AutoCad for Ubuntu? > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all his stuff > > > with Open Source) > > > > > > Steen > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > > way. --------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:28:34 +0300 > > From: Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Guzzlers' Pub not found > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <1272878914.6871.857.ca...@it-manager> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > Janosch, > > > > Glad to hear you got it working! Thanks for all your help at the event. > > > > -Kyle > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 11:57 +0300, Janosch Maier wrote: > > > On 01.05.2010 00:37, Simon Vass wrote: > > > > Sorry I had hoped the OpenStreetMap links Kyle posted would suffice, > > > > plus the reference to it being next door to UCC's new head quarters. > > > > > > I found it without any problems, even though I have not been in this > > > area of Kampala before. > > > > > > Thank you (especially Simon and Kyle) very much for the great release > > > party. Hope to see you guys again soon. > > > > > > As my upgrade from 9.10 did not work (I only got a kernel panic > > > afterwards) I am running a fresh Lucid now. It is great ;-) > > > > > > Regards > > > Janosch > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > > way. --------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 13:30:35 +0300 > > From: John Kibuuka <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Guzzlers' Pub not found > > To: [email protected], Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > It was a great party & the questions... ooh there were so many. We never > > quite exhausted all of them. > > > > I would suggest we could arrange to just sit there and ask random linux > > questions... kill off most anti-open source fears that users here have. > > > > The turnout was great. I never saw such a number of girls turning out at > > the LUG before, not mentioning the Sir Tim event. I couldn't help smiling > > at the thought of picking up a linux-geek-chick ;-) > > > > Great party guys! Keep it up! > > > > John > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Janosch, > > > > > > Glad to hear you got it working! Thanks for all your help at the > > > event. > > > > > > -Kyle > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 11:57 +0300, Janosch Maier wrote: > > > > On 01.05.2010 00:37, Simon Vass wrote: > > > > > Sorry I had hoped the OpenStreetMap links Kyle posted would > > > > > suffice, > > > > > > plus the reference to it being next door to UCC's new head quarters. > > > > > > > I found it without any problems, even though I have not been in this > > > > area of Kampala before. > > > > > > > > Thank you (especially Simon and Kyle) very much for the great release > > > > party. Hope to see you guys again soon. > > > > > > > > As my upgrade from 9.10 did not work (I only got a kernel panic > > > > afterwards) I am running a fresh Lucid now. It is great ;-) > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Janosch > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > LUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > (including > > > > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > > way. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > > way. --------------------------------------- > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20100503/7062a667/attachme > >nt.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 04:34:06 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Christopher Nambale <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > I beg to disagree. Indeed, I think this debate is healthy in a way. > > > > While SJhas a rightdo whatever he wants to make more money, it is > > hypocritical of him to support openness only when it suits him. His > > defense on why they don't use flash on their products should have stuck > > to the technical details, he shouldn't have made any reference to > > openness to quote "Though the operating system for the iPhone, iPod and > > iPad is proprietary, we strongly believe that all standards pertaining to > > the web should be open." > > > > Perhaps more interesting was his admission thatclosedsystems leaveyou at > > the mercy of theowner: > > > > "If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and > > tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when > > the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the > > mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our > > enhancements available to our developers." > > > > Hello Mr SJ if you are so averse to being at the mercy of others what > > about the people who buy your products whose use ofthese productsis > > restricted to only the features you choose to support at that time, how > > differentis this? > > > > If it makes technical and business sense for them to rejectFlash on their > > products so be it, let him turn away those clients who need Flash for > > now, what he shouldn't do is to try to justify it in the court of public > > opinion. Perhaps to better understand his motivation in this debate > > please read: > > > > http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iHqf7jhi51QJ:tech.fo > >rtune.cnn.com/2010/02/19/why-is-steve-jobs-flash-obsessed/+steve+jobs+flas > >h&cd=5&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=nl > > > > CN > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 12:56 AM > > > > > > Oh my! That Ass Technica writer fails to win by volume! SJ will champion > > what best brings cash into his account. If that promotes the free/open > > religion, then that is purely accidental even if it's good. This guy gets > > it:http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2010/04/29/jobs_on_flash/#c_75 > >2789 > > > > > > On May 02, 2010, at 20:02, Christopher Nambale wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' recommendation. > > http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-response-to-s > >teve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars > > > > > > CN > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
