attempt to install from desktop, ask me to become root for best install.
how do I become root on desktop
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:03:12PM +0000, hewjr1000@gmail.com wrote:
attempt to install from desktop, ask me to become root for best install.
how do I become root on desktop
open a terminal window and type in:
su - root
and enter the root password when prompted.
from there on, that terminal is root (though the rest of the desktop isn't) and commands run therein run as root.
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On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 09:03 -0400, fred smith wrote:
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:03:12PM +0000, hewjr1000@gmail.com wrote:
attempt to install from desktop, ask me to become root for best install.
how do I become root on desktop
open a terminal window and type in:
su - root
Typing su - is sufficient.
and enter the root password when prompted.
from there on, that terminal is root (though the rest of the desktop isn't) and commands run therein run as root.
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