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[steve]

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kamal hosseini wrote:
| Hi guys,
|
| I am new to ubuntu, I recently switched from xp to ubuntu and now I have
| no sound, also I forget to install and login as root and installed it as
| user , I have installed ubuntu 2 times and am unable to install it
| again, don't know how boot the system as root , when rebooting, the only
| option is to login as user.
|

login as normal as the user, and when you need root privileges, open a
terminal, and type

sudo -s

type your password, that will give you a root prompt.

or you can use sudo and then the command that you want to run such as

sudo ifup eth0

or other commands that need root privileges.





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Steve Reilly

http://reillyblog.com


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