<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 21, 2008 5:25 PM, GÃ©rard BIGOT <<a href="mailto:gerard.bigot@gmail.com">gerard.bigot@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Jan 21, 2008 4:48 PM, Nils Kassube <<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net" target="_blank">kassube@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>GÃ©rard BIGOT wrote:<br>> Did you use sudo? #, in ubuntu case means 'please use sudo before this<br>> Command'.<br><br></div>That's the first time I read something about this special meaning. It <br>seems very strange to me, can you tell me where it is documented? And how<br>should I know, if I'm new to Ubuntu?<font color="#888888"></font></blockquote></div><div><br>It may be said in a strange way. But, Ubuntu doesn't open Root account, the one noted by # at the prompt, instead of your $. <br><br>The only way to run commands with root rights, is to add sudo at the beginning of the command.<br><br>For HowTos not done for ubuntu, they don''t special mention this particuliar use. So as a mnemotechnic thing, I noticed this. </div></div></blockquote><div><br>That one ?<br><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo</a> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="gmail_quote"><div><br><br>G.<br><br><br></div></div> </blockquote></div><br>