<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, ranjan das gupta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ranjan.nhce@gmail.com">ranjan.nhce@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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...??<div> <div></div><div class="h5"><br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, jkhatri <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:khatri.jatin@gmail.com" target="_blank">khatri.jatin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div><div></div><div> ranjan das gupta wrote: <blockquote type="cite">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<br> ranjan<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leena@itforchange.net" target="_blank">leena@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br> <br> Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after<br> installation, using gparted?<br> or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root<br> to /home"<br> I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB.<br> I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the disk<br> /root: 3GB or 3000mb<br> swap: 1.6GB<br> /home: remaining (say @36GB)<br> <br> Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new<br> program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root<br> and you need to delete some files to save new"<br> <br> any help on this please....<br> <br> <br> Thanks,<br> Leena<br> <font color="#888888"><br> --<br> ubuntu-in mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> </font></blockquote> </div> <br> </blockquote></div></div> you cannot login by root in ubuntu .... if you want to run any command or software as root ... just type <b>sudo [command] [argument] </b><big>form <br> <br> 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... <br> <br> for graphical password prompt you can run <b><br> gksu [command] [argument]<br> <br> </b>Regards & T.C.<br> </big><br> <br> <div>-- <br> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Jatin Khatri</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Web <a href="http://www.khatrijatin.co.nr/" target="_blank">www.khatrijatin.co.nr</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin_Khatri" target="_blank">www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin_Khatri</a> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Phone (+91) 98250 20393</p> </div> </div> <br>--<br> ubuntu-in mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br> </div></div><br>--<br> ubuntu-in mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> <br></blockquote></div>Ranjan,<br><br>Will you please _stop_ hijacking the thread? <br><br>Regards,<br><br>Ritesh<br><br>