First time ubunu user, copying a folder to a root directory

[Catalin David]

وفا خلیقی، Vafa Khalighi wrote:
> Hi, I am just a new ubuntu user and used suse previously, ubuntu is 
> far better than suse but I have a bit of problem
>
> when I try to copy or say drag and drop a folder to  a root directory, 
> It does not allow me to do it. I activated my root account and I can 
> activate it by writing su in the terminal but when I open gdm.conf and 
> change Allowroot=false to Allowroot=true, it does not allow me to save 
> it having in mind that I entered su in the terminal so I should have a 
> root permision.
>
> Can you please tell me how can I copy a folder from desktop to a root 
> directory.
>
> Thanks
>
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You can try...
1) $ sudo su
and then
# nautilus &
and do your job in a GUI mode
or
2) $ sudo cp source destination  //with a -r somewhere around here
or, if you want a cut paste action
$ sudo mv source destination //also with a -r for recursive

That's all i can think right now,
Catalin David