Getting permissions in ubuntu 6.10

[fr0zenmon]

how do i do it?

[Jedacite]

how do i do it?

If you mean how do you do stuff as root in Ubuntu then you need to use the sudo command anytime you want to do admin stuff (it will ask for your password.)

For example, "apt-get install blah" requires root privilege so running "sudo apt-get install blah" will work.

[tom lightbody]

"sudo passwd root" lets you setup a proper root account w/ appropriate permissions
(at the first "password" prompt, give your user prompt: at the second, roots password
thereafter, you can either login as root, or use "su" to become root

[Jedacite]

"sudo passwd root" lets you setup a proper root account w/ appropriate permissions
(at the first "password" prompt, give your user prompt: at the second, roots password
thereafter, you can either login as root, or use "su" to become root

Alternatively if you like to keep Ubuntu's way of doing things you can just do sudo su. Thats what I do when I need to do a lot of things as root.

The whole sudo things has grown on me quite a lot since I've started to use it.

[lophiomys]

Ubuntu Wiki SudoRoot
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo