File Browser with ROOT permissions

[David Restall - System Administrator]

Hi Jan,

> How do you open up a file browser with root permissions?

Don't know :-)

> I'm trying to delete a file in a folder and it won't let me as I don't have
> permission.
> 
> I've tried "erase" and "delete" and "del" in a terminal window and none of
> those are valid commands.  :O(
> 
> I type Help at the command prompt and while it shows a number of commands,
> it doesn't show "cp" for copy or anything that looks like a delete command.
> Is there some listing of available commands some place? Like copy, move,
> delete, mkdir, cd, etc.

man rm

Or quick summary :-

sudo rm FILE

and if you're a chicken :-

sudo rm -i FILE

I won't mention rm -rf so forget I ever said that :-)

TTFN


Dave
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