thanks for you reply this is the result after entering sudo ls
rich...@richard-laptop:~$ sudo ls
sudo: unable to resolve host richard-laptop
-- Music
Desktop mythbuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso
Documents PDF
Examples Photos
golf Pictures
googleearth Public
google-earth richard
information Smallville Season 7 - 10.avi
Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0 Templates
Mac4Lin_Wallpaper1.jpg themescd
Mac4Lin_Wallpaper2.jpg untitled folder
__MACOSX Videos
Moomex
rich...@richard-laptop:~$
> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:49:53 +0000
> From: m...@quarella.co.uk
> To: peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Peterboro] terminal input
>
> On 14/01/10 22:23, richard rjsad wrote:
> > is this what it should look like
> > sudo cp -r $HOME/desktop/slicknesS-black/usr/share/themes
> > sudo: unable to resolve host richard-laptop
>
> sudo cp -r $HOME/Desktop/slicknesS-black /usr/share/themes
>
> Note the capitalised D in Desktop, and the space between between the
> source and destination filenames (between "black" and "/usr"). Also
> check the spelling and case of the source file - case is important so
> slickness and slicknesS are different.
>
> All that said, the first problem you need to solve is that sudo is
> giving you an error unrelated to the rest of the command. (Sudo runs
> whatever command you tell it as the root user, but the error you're
> getting is from sudo not from the command, so it doesn't matter how hard
> you try to get the command right it'll never work until you fix the
> problem with sudo).
>
> Try, for example:
> sudo ls
> .. which I guess will get you the same error.
>
> I found some advice here for the sudo problem:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=723361
>
> Be careful when following instructions involving sudo/gksudo and ask
> back if you're not sure *before you run them*!
>
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