[ubuntu-in] How to increase /root partition size in Ubun tu 8.04

[Sanjay Bhangar]

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, ranjan das gupta <ranjan.nhce at gmail.com>wrote:

> sudo is ok..but when i try to change permissions of some directory by
> clicking properties it shows only root has the permission...but i am the
> root....i never gave it a login as root..it assumed it on its own...during
> setup..i just gave my name and password....when it asked for user....am i
> not the root...??
>

If you want to have root permissions on your Nautilus (file manager) GUI,
you can either run 'sudo nautilus' or run 'gksudo' to run any GUI app. as
root. This is a much cleaner way of doing it rather than logging on to the
entire GUI as root, imo. Hope it makes sense and works for you.

Of course, on a terminal, you can always do 'sudo su -' to drop to a root
shell.

hth,
Sanjay


>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  ranjan das gupta wrote:
>>
>> hey my computer  dis not alloing me to be the root after i used my own
>> name while i installed ubuntu 8.10??what to do
>> ranjan
>>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena <leena at itforchange.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after
>>> installation, using gparted?
>>> or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root
>>> to /home"
>>> I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB.
>>> I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the
>>> disk
>>> /root: 3GB or 3000mb
>>> swap: 1.6GB
>>> /home: remaining (say @36GB)
>>>
>>> Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new
>>> program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root
>>> and you need to delete some files to save new"
>>>
>>> any help on this please....
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Leena
>>>
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>>  you cannot login by root in ubuntu .... if you want to run any command or
>> software as root ... just type *sudo [command] [argument] *form
>>
>> Example :-   if you want to run ls -l command as root just type  sudo ls
>> -l  and it will ask prompt you for password , type your pass. and you have
>> done it...
>>
>> for graphical password prompt you can run *
>> gksu [command] [argument]
>>
>> *Regards & T.C.
>>
>>
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