Yes, I gave it a root password and can log in as root with red screen and all. What I can not do is install packages and change config files without getting a message to the effect that I do not have the rights to do it. Thanks for the reply. Roly On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 14:09, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Tuesday 10 December 2002 09:03 pm, Roland Hughes wrote: > > I have recently upgraded/installed Mandrake 9.0 on a 700Mhz Duron, 512 > > of memory and a 40 Gig drive. It was a fresh install with formating etc. > > Below are my Fstab and pci output. > > > > The problem I am having is that the system thinks root has no rights to > > things such as drives and various configuration files. This is logging > > in as root or su'ing a terminal window. > > > > I have looked at various setting such as security etc but everything > > seems ok. The security level is standard/normal as I am on a dialup. > > > > Thanks in advance, any help appreciated. > > Roly > > > > boot=/dev/hda > > map=/boot/map > > default=linux > > keytable=/boot/us.klt > > prompt > > nowarn > > timeout=100 > > message=/boot/message > > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=linux > > root=/dev/hda1 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append="devfs=mount quiet mem=nopentium hdc=ide-scsi" > > vga=788 > > read-only > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=linux-nonfb > > root=/dev/hda1 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append="devfs=mount" > > read-only > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=failsafe > > root=/dev/hda1 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append="devfs=nomount failsafe" > > read-only > > other=/dev/fd0 > > label=floppy > > unsafe > > > > PCI devices found: > > Bus 0, device 0, function 0: > > Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System > > Controller (rev 37). > > Master Capable. Latency=120. > > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xebffffff]. > > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xed9fe000 [0xed9fefff]. > > I/O at 0xd600 [0xd603]. > > Bus 0, device 1, function 0: > > PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP > > Bridge (rev 1). > > Master Capable. Latency=120. Min Gnt=10. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 0: > > ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ISA (rev > > 1). > > Bus 0, device 7, function 1: > > IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] IDE (rev > > 7). > > Master Capable. Latency=32. > > I/O at 0xf000 [0xf00f]. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 3: > > Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ACPI (rev 3). > > Master Capable. Latency=120. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 4: > > USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] USB > > (rev 6). > > IRQ 5. > > Master Capable. Latency=16. Max Lat=80. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xefffe000 [0xefffefff]. > > Bus 0, device 8, function 0: > > SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / AIC-7881U (rev 0). > > IRQ 10. > > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8. > > I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff]. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xeffff000 [0xefffffff]. > > Bus 0, device 9, function 0: > > Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 8). > > IRQ 11. > > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=20. > > I/O at 0xd800 [0xd81f]. > > Bus 0, device 9, function 1: > > Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev > > 8). > > Master Capable. Latency=64. > > I/O at 0xde00 [0xde07]. > > Bus 0, device 10, function 0: > > Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev > > 1). > > IRQ 9. > > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56. > > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xed9ff000 [0xed9fffff]. > > I/O at 0xda00 [0xda1f]. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xefe00000 [0xefefffff]. > > Bus 1, device 5, function 0: > > VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 (GeForce2 MX) > > (rev 178). > > IRQ 11. > > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xee000000 [0xeeffffff]. > > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xdfffffff]. > > This is probably a dumb question, but, did you give a root password during > install? If not I'm not sure how you do it after the fact, but someone on > the list will know I'm sure. > -- > Dennis M. linux user # 180842 > > > ---- >
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