Root Access

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    zero9046

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    How do I gain root access to file locations such as usr/home...

    I have enabled advanced mode, and even followed the directions on mcales (or whatever the website is) to update to Firefox 3, but I found a desktop background I wanted to use, and I was supposed to just extract the files to usr/share...or a similar location, and, from the File Manager, when i try to type in usr/share...usr/home or anything like that, I get the little red circle with the horizontal white dash through it.

    Any help?
     
    zero9046, Sep 3, 2008
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    IMSancho

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    To run programs as root you either have to launch the program with the sudo command in front of the command you want to use( e.g. 'sudo mkdir /somedir') or 'switch user' to root by typing 'su' at a prompt and entering your password. You should see the prompt change to a hash (#) which indicates you are currently root.
     
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    usr/share means that such a directory exists within your current directory. I rather think that you should use /usr/share, where / means the root directory.
     
    jukk, Sep 3, 2008
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