Cant delete/remove files in /opt

[Nils Kassube]

Rajat wrote:
> For some reason I am not able to remove any files from /opt directory.
> It says permission denied. Also chmod doesn't wanna work

Use sudo in front of your command. It will ask for your password.

> For super user access i typed in su but the password - the same admin
> password with which I install\mount\login doesn't work !

If you haven't setup a root password you need sudo instead of su. See 
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo> for background info.


Nils