[dalani]

Superuser Account on Linux with all perms?? I added a user account with administrative privileges in Mandrake10. When login to that account, still impossible to copy/delete/move folders or files from the KDE's GUI- I get an access denied message.

So in linux how do I create an account to access ALL my files with root permissions???

[Squashman]

Well ,where are you trying to move files to and from. You should be able to do anything to your home directory. As far as everything else you should be using SUDO if you have it setup or just using the substitute user command (SU) to make yourself root first.

[dalani]

SU at console is what I usually use to do simple installs or configs. But once in a while I need to delete some folders. eg I installed amsn in a folder at usr/local now I want to remove it. But I must delete each file individually. I would prefer to do my file management (with root privileges) from KDE's konq.

What is SUDO?

[Fyzbo]

you can change the log in screen to not display the users, then you type in the user name and it will allow you to type in root. Alternately you can change the settings on root so it's not a hidden user.

[lynch]

Use the rm -d command to delete an entire directory .
Be careful.
lynch

[short101]

KDE menu > System > More programs > File manager-Super user mode.

[dalani]

"KDE menu > System > More programs > File manager-Super user mode."

KDE's 3.2 configure filemanager shows three tabs none of which show Super user mode. I checked this while logged in my regular user login. Do I have to log into my superuser session to find it??

" Alternately you can change the settings on root so it's not a hidden user."

Thanks I could login in as root with a gui functions active and never have to sign in a password for every single operation. I only to login as root occasionaly for admin. (after all I'm an end-user). To change those settings would streamline things quite a bit. (BUT HOW???)

"Use the rm -d command to delete an entire directory .
Be careful."

I'll use the rm -d command in the meantime. thanks.

[dalani]

lynch

your link to the linux intro site has a very useful tidbit i've been looking for : the file structure chart
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/...1.html#AEN1565

One thing 've been wondering is which bin (root or usr) in that chart do I install new programs I want all accounts to have to.? eg I installed firefox manualy in usr/local/mozilla is that the correct bin location to avoid a mess?

[dalani]

OK About that usr or root bin question, I found the answer: usr/bin for user only programs root/bin for all user access programs.

BTW that tree structure is so clear, if an admin. program presented that very same chart as a GUI interface for file management and info linux troubleshooting would be snap! Come to think of it : loading that as a jpeg into konq and putting 'live' links to all those boxes would do the trick.. any takers?

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by dalani

OK About that usr or root bin question, I found the answer: usr/bin for user only programs root/bin for all user access programs.

Just to give you some clarification on how you should define your directories. I am sure you understand the difference between / (root of the file system) and /root (root's home directory). A single forward slash means root. If you would type cd / at a shell prompt you would be at the root of the file system. The way you just defined root/bin means that you are installing it into a directory called bin in root's home directory, but what you really mean is /bin.

And in all reality you can't type cd usr/bin unless your current working direcotry is / (root of the file system).

So when referring to a directory from the root of the file system, you would type /bin or /usr/bin.

[lynch]

Have you ever tried this in Konqueror?
Open Konq and go to Window menu and select Show Navigation Panel or press F9.
When the Panel appears click on the Red Folder icon from the row of icons on the left-hand side of the Navigation Panel. That will give you the tree view in the Panel.
Now go to the Settings menu and select Save View Profile and click Save in the window that appears.
That's how I have my Konq set up for file management. I also have the main window View menu > View Mode set to Icon View.
It works well for me.
lynch

[dalani]

/bin and usr/bin- ok got it!
the konq sidebar is a real gem esp. for file management and browsing. I just got to figure out how to SU within konq's .I tried midnight commander that opens a console at the bottom of screeen-but still can't have root permissions.

thanks again

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by dalani

/bin and usr/bin- ok got it!

/bin and /usr/bin

[short101]

One last thing you might want to try to get konquerer to open with root permissions is 'gksu' You have to have it installed and then you just type 'gksu konquerer' (or what ever program you want to run) from the terminal and you give it a password and your good to go. It may or may not work. I used to be able to use it once (cant remember what distro or desktop it was with) but it doesnt work for me now. Getting graphical things to work with roots permissions in your session is something that I have seen many questions and answers for but none seem to work.
Just with the super user mode that I pointed out earlier, you dont go to the control centre and try and configure konqurer.
Just open your main kde menu (little k at bottom of screen) then go up to your settings tab then more programs and then there (hopefully) will be file manager super user mode.
Sorry for spelling it out that way, but from what you posted before didnt sound like you were in the right spot. I could use it with fedora and now with debian, so am a little surprised if your distro doesnt have it with kde, seeing as its part of kde and not really anything to do with the distro.
Just out of interest, does anyone else run kde and not have super user mode for konquerer?

[lynch]

Originally Posted by short101

Just out of interest, does anyone else run kde and not have super user mode for konquerer?

Works for me.
lynch