On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, ranjan das gupta <[email protected]>wrote:
> sudo is ok..but when i try to change permissions of some directory by > clicking properties it shows only root has the permission...but i am the > root....i never gave it a login as root..it assumed it on its own...during > setup..i just gave my name and password....when it asked for user....am i > not the root...?? > If you want to have root permissions on your Nautilus (file manager) GUI, you can either run 'sudo nautilus' or run 'gksudo' to run any GUI app. as root. This is a much cleaner way of doing it rather than logging on to the entire GUI as root, imo. Hope it makes sense and works for you. Of course, on a terminal, you can always do 'sudo su -' to drop to a root shell. hth, Sanjay > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, jkhatri <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ranjan das gupta 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 >>> >> >> you cannot login by root in ubuntu .... if you want to run any command or >> software as root ... just type *sudo [command] [argument] *form >> >> Example :- if you want to run ls -l command as root just type sudo ls >> -l and it will ask prompt you for password , type your pass. and you have >> done it... >> >> for graphical password prompt you can run * >> gksu [command] [argument] >> >> *Regards & T.C. >> >> >> -- >> >> Jatin Khatri >> >> Web www.khatrijatin.co.nr >> >> www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin_Khatri >> >> Phone (+91) 98250 20393 >> >> -- >> 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 > >
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