Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 end of life today

2009-04-18 Thread mac
Philip Wyett wrote: > Just an FYI. Ubuntu 7.10 reaches the end of it's support life today. If > your still running it - Time to upgrade. :-) Upgraded my wife's Dell Ubuntu laptop from 7.10 to 8.04 last night without a hitch -- reminded me how impressive the Ubuntu distribution upgrade is. [Inde

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 end of life today

2009-04-17 Thread Philip Wyett
Hi all, Just an FYI. Ubuntu 7.10 reaches the end of it's support life today. If your still running it - Time to upgrade. :-) http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-29 Thread colum . phillips
Thanks Paul I will give that a go. Regards Colum -Original Message- From: Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:20 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:18 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-29 Thread colum . phillips
Will try that, thanks Colum -Original Message- From: Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:19 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 type "sudo passwd" then type in your USER password and then type in the r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-28 Thread Sean Miller
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Colum > > You shouldn't need to login as root, just login as a standard user and > use the sudo command. > > ie sudo chmod xxx filename > > MooDoo That is true You can also do "sudo bash" (with user password) if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-28 Thread Philip Newborough
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good and > easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so that I can > change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root password but it > ref

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Mellors
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:18 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good > and easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so > that I can change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root > password but it refus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-28 Thread Sean Miller
type "sudo passwd" then type in your USER password and then type in the root password you want twice should sort it :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2008-04-28 Thread colum . phillips
Hi I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good and easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so that I can change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root password but it refuses to recognise it.? Any help would be gratefully received. I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread norman
Thanks folks, I am much obliged to you for helping an old fool out. I had downloaded the necessary without any problem, what I had totally forgotten was that I had to boot from the disc I had made. There is one born every day. Ubuntu 7.10 looks great I am very impressed. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread Lucy
On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19/10/2007, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Strangely I can't actually find a whole how to on the Internet. > > > > The Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine first issue contains a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread Andrew Barber
On 19/10/2007, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > > > before installing. Please point me to where I can ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread Lucy
On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > > how to do this. > > > > Norman > > St

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread Andrew Barber
On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > how to do this. > > Norman Strangely I can't actually find a whole how to on the Internet. It is fairl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Flynn
On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > how to do this. You mean using a Live CD? http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download If that's not what you

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

2007-10-19 Thread norman
Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on how to do this. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 server and ebox

2007-10-18 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/18/07, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know if 7.10 server comes with ebox as I can not find any > mention of it, however I did see it mentioned with regards to the rc before. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 server and ebox

2007-10-18 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi, Does anyone know if 7.10 server comes with ebox as I can not find any mention of it, however I did see it mentioned with regards to the rc before. Cheers, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/