On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM, ranjan das gupta <[email protected]>wrote:
> hey my computer dis not alloing me to be the root after i used my own name > while i installed ubuntu 8.10??what to do > ranjan > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after >> installation, using gparted? >> or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root >> to /home" >> I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB. >> I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the disk >> /root: 3GB or 3000mb >> swap: 1.6GB >> /home: remaining (say @36GB) >> >> Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new >> program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root >> and you need to delete some files to save new" >> >> any help on this please.... >> >> >> Thanks, >> Leena >> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > Ranjan, You're off topic. Please consider creating a new thread for separate questions. In Ubuntu the root account is inactive by default and all administrative functions can be performed by using the 'sudo' command. e.g. # sudo vi /etc/configfile [Asks for you password]: YourPassword (the one entered during installation). If you need to activate the root account (not required but if you _must_), type sudo passwd root to enter a new password for the root account. Regards, Ritesh
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