[Gllug] Advice needed on Ubuntu

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Tue, 14 February, 2006 10:18 pm, Richard Kirkham wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a long time user of KDE in SuSE 8.2.
>
> The enthusiasm of GLLUG members about Ubuntu, combined with my wish to
> get a bit more up-to-date, lead me to install Ubuntu v5.04 and I'm very
> glad I did. I now agree it's the best thing since sliced bread. I'm very
> happy with the usability of Gnome.
>
> However, I'd like to get user access to my "local" partition but can't
> because root owns it and won't allow me.
>
> I tried following the method used in KUbuntu - trying to log in as root
> and applying my user password - but it doesn't work.
>
> Anyhow I'm not sure how to become root in the GUI - I've been spoilt by
> YAST, I suppose. How's it done in Gnome?

By default ubuntu does not create a root user but allows you to assume
superuser powers by using the 'su' command - when prompted for a password
use your user password. You can of course then create other users --- so
open a terminal and type su

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