[karasu]

I'm using Mandrake 10.1 and KDE and I have a problem... I can't figure out how to log in as the root user. (#su in terminal isn't cutting it...)

Besides that, I need to move a folder to /usr/local/ from my desktop- how do I do this? And I want to have Mandfrake load ndiswrapper at boot, and in the official installation insructions, it said to add the line 'ndiswrapper' to modprobe.preload (this is why #su isn't working...) When I try to open it in terminal under #su, it tells me I don't have permission to access it...

Thanks

[Nova Dragoon]

how are you typeing in the su command in your terminal?

It should be:l
su -
or
su -l

[karasu]

I was just using plain '# su'... I tried adding '-' and '-l' to the end, and it still says "Permission denied" ><;

[Nova Dragoon]

I havent touched mandrake very much but your su is acting weird

as your regular user, do a:
id

and post back what it shows

[karasu]

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

[Nova Dragoon]

err, thats as the root user you did it.


Try using the mv command, to move folders
or
cp -R to copy folders

[WMIIII923]

I heard from somewhere that its 4 letters (su__). I'll check my sources and post back tomorrow.

[WMIIII923]

oh I just remembered! Try sudo instead of #sudo (you are using Ubuntu, aren't u?).

[Nova Dragoon]

WMIIII923, on 10 Feb, 2006 - 11:22 PM, said:

oh I just remembered! Try sudo instead of #sudo (you are using Ubuntu, aren't u?).

The first post clearly states they are using Mandrake Linux

[WMIIII923]

Im Pretty sure that Ubuntu is KDE I have only been using linux for a month so I cant help very much. But the commands might be the same.

[Amadeus]

The user is not using Ubuntu, they are using Mandrake. And Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop, although you can use a diferent desktop if you wish...or download Kubuntu, which defaults to KDE. You may be thinking of Knoppix.