Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 end of life today
Philip Wyett wrote: > Just an FYI. Ubuntu 7.10 reaches the end of it's support life today. If > your still running it - Time to upgrade. :-) Upgraded my wife's Dell Ubuntu laptop from 7.10 to 8.04 last night without a hitch -- reminded me how impressive the Ubuntu distribution upgrade is. [Indeed, I've also - out of interest - just been installing Fedora 10 on an old machine, which has reminded me how impressive Ubuntu in general is! ;-) ] mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
Thanks Paul I will give that a go. Regards Colum -Original Message- From: Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:20 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:18 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good > and easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so > that I can change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root > password but it refuses to recognise it. Any help would be gratefully > received. I have just migrated from Windows so am new to this. > > Regards > > Colum. Hello Colum You shouldn't need to login as root, just login as a standard user and use the sudo command. ie sudo chmod xxx filename MooDoo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
Will try that, thanks Colum -Original Message- From: Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:19 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 type "sudo passwd" then type in your USER password and then type in the root password you want twice should sort it :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Colum > > You shouldn't need to login as root, just login as a standard user and > use the sudo command. > > ie sudo chmod xxx filename > > MooDoo That is true You can also do "sudo bash" (with user password) if you want a root shell. I've known of sudo for about 10 years, but still haven't quite escaped the concept of "su" Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good and > easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so that I can > change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root password but it > refuses to recognise it. Any help would be gratefully received. I have just > migrated from Windows so am new to this. > > Regards > > Colum. > Hi Colum First off, welcome to Ubuntu! Regarding the root issues, please refer to the Ubuntu wiki for information about sudo. Hopefully you will find it of use :) https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo Regards Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:18 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I have just installed and started using 7.10 so far it is very good > and easy to use. I am having a problem, I want to login as root so > that I can change the permissions on a hard drive. I have set a root > password but it refuses to recognise it. Any help would be gratefully > received. I have just migrated from Windows so am new to this. > > Regards > > Colum. Hello Colum You shouldn't need to login as root, just login as a standard user and use the sudo command. ie sudo chmod xxx filename MooDoo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
type "sudo passwd" then type in your USER password and then type in the root password you want twice should sort it :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
Thanks folks, I am much obliged to you for helping an old fool out. I had downloaded the necessary without any problem, what I had totally forgotten was that I had to boot from the disc I had made. There is one born every day. Ubuntu 7.10 looks great I am very impressed. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19/10/2007, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Strangely I can't actually find a whole how to on the Internet. > > > > The Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine first issue contains a walkthrough on > > installing Feisty, I don't think things have changed too much in the > > installer since then: > > > > http://fullcirclemagazine.org/?page_id=36 > > Ah I thought after that mail and realised there would be something on > help.ubuntu, > see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall The official docs, who would've thought! ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On 19/10/2007, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > > > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > > > how to do this. > > > > > > Norman > > > > Strangely I can't actually find a whole how to on the Internet. > > The Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine first issue contains a walkthrough on > installing Feisty, I don't think things have changed too much in the > installer since then: > > http://fullcirclemagazine.org/?page_id=36 Ah I thought after that mail and realised there would be something on help.ubuntu, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall Also FullCircleMagazine is pretty good too! Take a read of both if you have time. :) -- Andrew Alexander Barber -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On 19/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > > how to do this. > > > > Norman > > Strangely I can't actually find a whole how to on the Internet. The Ubuntu Full Circle Magazine first issue contains a walkthrough on installing Feisty, I don't think things have changed too much in the installer since then: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/?page_id=36 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > how to do this. > > Norman Strangely I can't actually find a whole how to on the Internet. It is fairly self explanatory anyway; basically set your computer [or laptop] to boot from CD ROM; this is set in the BIOS [normally F12 or F2 or esc on boot]. Once that is done, pop in the CD. It will boot (normally) to a Live CD environment and from there you will be basically in what you realise to be ubuntu. There is a desktop icon that says 'Install Ubuntu'. Double click that and follow the steps. The only one I would *really* pay attention to is the partition hard drive part. Though I have been through a number of installs, and if you are not experienced I would advise you read everything.. Hope this helps.. -- Andrew Alexander Barber -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10
On 19/10/2007, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although I have used Ubuntu since it started I have never tried it > before installing. Please point me to where I can get instructions on > how to do this. You mean using a Live CD? http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download If that's not what you mean, then can you rephrase the question? -- Steve When 1 person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion. 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 server and ebox
On 10/18/07, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know if 7.10 server comes with ebox as I can not find any > mention of it, however I did see it mentioned with regards to the rc before. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > Hi Daniel, If by ebox you mean http://www.ebox-platform.com/ then yes it's available via apt/aptitude/Synaptic. I don't know whether it's installed by default though... Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
