Sudo su - (Note hyphen at the end)
That allows you to get to the root prompt minus a root password(you
have to supply yours as is normally the case with sudo) and avoid
the constant sudo this and sudo that for each command.
Regards,
Peter.
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]
> wrote:
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
>
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> > 3. Re: Guzzlers' Pub not found (Kyle Spencer)
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> > 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
> > >
> > >
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> > 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
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> > 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:
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> >
> > 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
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> > 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
>
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