OK, that was EZ.. I'm liking getting back to 'term' commands, it takes me me back to my c/pm, DOS and VMS days of which I am fond. Adios Windows, you had a good run but your sun is now setting, as is mine. Let the games begin.. ;-) Thanks Viele <div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 29, 2014 2:21 AM, "Hartmut Haase" <<a href="mailto:hha4491@web.de">hha4491@web.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Jon, <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> One quick question to add, what is the quickest way to 'temporarily' raise my status to ROOT just to complete a particular task then preferably have it revert back to USER w/o having to term in some sudo command to return back to USER? </blockquote> if I get you right, you're looking for sudo: in a terminal you put in $>sudo command You'll be asked for your root password, and the comman will be executed. The password will be kept for a while, so that it is not needed for consecutive commands. Also these page <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/</a> <a href="http://www.ubuntu-user.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu-user.com/</a> may help you -- Viele Grüße, Hartmut Hungerhilfe: <a href="http://www.thehungersite.com" target="_blank">http://www.thehungersite.com</a> Ohne Zensur suchen: <a href="http://suche.amnesty-bergedorf.de" target="_blank">http://suche.amnesty-bergedorf.de</a> Googeln ohne Google: <a href="https://www.startpage.com/deu" target="_blank">https://www.startpage.com/deu</a> Das heutige Motto: Facebook ist Stasi auf freiwilliger Basis. -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>