[ubuntu-za] Superuser

[Darrel]

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 09:07 +0200, Jan Groenewald wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:03:25AM +0200, Darrel wrote:
> > I have just loaded phpmyadmin with the idea of having a LAMP server to
> > parse php files through Apache. My problem is that I cannot load any
> > files into "/var/www" as I do not have permission. I have done some
> 
> You can use sudo to change the permission to your own, or you can add
> yourself to the webserver "www-data" group, or you can work with sudo
> each time.
> 
> > reading regarding the use of "sudo", "su" and "sudoers" but can't
> > understand what the author is trying to explain.When I enter su in the
> > terminal it requires a password,I assume this is a root password as my
> > Linux password is not accepted.
> 
> No, it is your password. root password is disabled by default.
> 
> > How do I allocate myself a root password to become a superuser?
> 
> The person who installed is already a "sudoer", or in the "admin"
> group. That person needs to add you:
> 
> 
> sudo adduser darrel admin
> 
> Then user darrel also has sudo rights, with his own password.
> 
> Each admin task needs sudo in front.
> 
> sudo cp file /var/www/
> 
> You might prefer to keep a copy of the website in your home directory
> and sync that periodically.
> 
> regards,
> Jan
> -- 
>    .~. 
>    /V\     Jan Groenewald
>   /( )\    www.aims.ac.za
>   ^^-^^ 
> 
Thank you Andy and Jan, using sudo su - worked! I now have a root shell.

Jan I tried sudo cp file /var/www/ and recieved "cp: cannot stat 'file':
No such file or directory."

Darrel