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 > refuses to recognise it. Any help would be gratefully received. I have just > migrated from Windows so am new to this. > > Regards > > Colum. >
Hi Colum First off, welcome to Ubuntu! Regarding the root issues, please refer to the Ubuntu wiki for information about sudo. Hopefully you will find it of use :) https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo Regards Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/