On 09/11/06, Dwain Alford <<a href="mailto:dwain.alford@gmail.com">dwain.alford@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>On 11/9/06, Eamonn Sullivan <<a href="mailto:eamonn.sullivan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> eamonn.sullivan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> You can make yourself root in any terminal window by typing: sudo -i And then entering your own password. Be careful with this, however. It's easy to make a (irreversible) mistake. </blockquote></div> as a "former" windows user i enjoyed admin privileges to do what i needed to do with the computer. this is what i want to do. this command will do it for me? before i do this, would you please explain what the irreversible mistake is? </blockquote></div> the sudo command will start you a new shell with root permissions, where you have the ability to delete your entire filesystem, modify critical system files, etc. Your normal access level will prevent you from doing such things. Think of it as your normal id being a restricted user and the root user is your administrator account. -- Steve Despair - It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black...