File permissions problem

[Joep L. Blom]

Ansgar Burchardt schreef:
> Hi,
> 
> "David McNally" <david3333333 at gmail.com> writes:
>> I'm trying to be able to access and edit files that aren't in my home folder,
>> but the computer says that I don't have permission to access the files.
>>
>> I'm the only person that has ever used this computer.
> 
> Files not in /home usually belong to root (the administration account),
> some belong to other system accounts.  On Ubuntu you can not directly
> log in as root, but you can use sudo to access the root account.
> See [1] for an explanation how to do this.
> 
> Regards,
> Ansgar
> 
> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
> 
login as root:
user$"su -"
passwd:"password"

Then you are root. ( always make a root window in xterm.).
Joep