How to access these folders command line?

[Thilo Six]

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tudza schrieb am 04.03.2006 16:08:
> This no root business is troublesome.
> 
> Okay, I can do most things with kdesu <some program like konqueror> to
> access folders I have protected from other user accounts.  Trouble is, I
> can't access them command line.  su and sudo don't do it, unless there's
> some magic I need to add to the command.

try:
$ sudo -i

it will give a root-shell. From there you will be able to browse the
whole system. If you like you can use "mc" for a little more comfort.
If you have "universe" enabled you can just install mc with:

$ sudo apt-get install mc

> What user name do I change my session to then if not root or something?

bye Thilo


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i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE
- - some friend of mine
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