You can enable root from Users and Groups. just give it a password and that is all
> > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM, ranjan das gupta <ranjan.n...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > hey my computer dis not alloing me to be the root after i used my own > name > > while i installed ubuntu 8.10??what to do > > ranjan > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena <le...@itforchange.net> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after > >> installation, using gparted? > >> or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root > >> to /home" > >> I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB. > >> I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the > disk > >> /root: 3GB or 3000mb > >> swap: 1.6GB > >> /home: remaining (say @36GB) > >> > >> Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new > >> program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root > >> and you need to delete some files to save new" > >> > >> any help on this please.... > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Leena > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-in mailing list > >> ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >> > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-in mailing list > > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > Ranjan, > > You're off topic. Please consider creating a new thread for separate > questions. In Ubuntu the root account is inactive by default and all > administrative functions can be performed by using the 'sudo' command. > > e.g. # sudo vi /etc/configfile > [Asks for you password]: YourPassword (the one entered during > installation). > > > If you need to activate the root account (not required but if you _must_), > type > sudo passwd root to enter a new password for the root account. > > Regards, > > Ritesh > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-in/attachments/20090519/c628a2a4/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 15:15:45 +0530 > From: jkhatri <khatri.ja...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] How to increase /root partition size in Ubun > tu 8.04 > To: Ubuntu India Local Community <ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com> > Message-ID: <4a127fc9.7030...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-in/attachments/20090519/4e243685/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > End of ubuntu-in Digest, Vol 39, Issue 22 > ***************************************** > -- http://www.technology-included.co.cc/
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