[ubuntu-za] Superuser

[Darrel]

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 09:44 +0200, Walter Leibbrandt wrote:
> Op 04/03/2010 09:35, Darrel het geskryf:
> > 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.
> Btw, sudo -s does (pretty much) the same thing.
> >
> > Jan I tried sudo cp file /var/www/ and recieved "cp: cannot stat 'file':
> > No such file or directory."
> Let's break that command down...
> "sudo" - Says "run this command as the root user"
> "cp" - Copy
> "file" - The file(s) to copy
> "/var/www/" - Where you want to copy the file(s)
> 
> With the above breakdown, you should see that "file" (the 3rd part of 
> the command) should be the filename or pattern of filenames of the 
> file(s) that you want to copy. The error message implies says that there 
> is no file called "file" in the current directory for the command to 
> copy. Replace it with the name of the file you want to copy and you 
> should be fine.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Walter Leibbrandt                  Software Developer
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> 
Did I mention that I am a noob ? Thanks Walter that makes sense.

Darrel

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