[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10

[Philip Newborough]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM,  <colum.phillips at talktalk.net> wrote:
> Hi
>  I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good and
> easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so that I can
> change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root password but it
> refuses to recognise it.  Any help would be gratefully received. I have just
> migrated from Windows so am new to this.
>
>  Regards
>
>  Colum.
>

Hi Colum

First off, welcome to Ubuntu!

Regarding the root issues, please refer to the Ubuntu wiki for
information about sudo. Hopefully you will find it of use :)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Regards

Philip