Newbie Questions

Beginner

Tuesday, September 20th 2005, 12:57am

I'm trying to move folders into certain places and i have no access to like say the etc folder. I try putting su in a console window, but it says access denied and I'm sure I'm typing the right password.

Thats a main problem, access denied everywhere!

I also try to install applications in a tar file and theres not ./configure that works...

I'm used to windows... this is all new to me... thanks for the help! I'm running Kubuntu with KDE.

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users

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Tuesday, September 20th 2005, 2:53am

I am newbie as well, but I ll try to make a suggestion....

try to login as root

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clueo8

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Tuesday, September 20th 2005, 5:02am

ok, i got that far...

how can i create a shortcut to run a ./runthis.sh ?

How can I mount a NTFS hard drive so each time I restart, its still mounted.

Also, How can i have su rights to change a protected system file with a files editor in KDE? I'm trying to edit a config file in a x11 directory to change my max screen resolution.

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clueo8

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Tuesday, September 20th 2005, 5:39am

also, when in a shell, i can run tar to extract a to a folder but ./configure never works, nor does make or install and whatever else should work to install certain software.

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anda_skoa

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Location: Graz, Austria

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Tuesday, September 20th 2005, 12:50pm

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Originally posted by clueo8
how can i create a shortcut to run a ./runthis.sh ?

From a desktop icon almost like on windows: right click desktop -> new -> link to application, choose application.
If the application needs to be run in the directory it is in, you have to adjust the working path as well.

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How can I mount a NTFS hard drive so each time I restart, its still mounted.

It as to be added to the /etc/fstab file.

Mayb Ubuntu has a system configuration utility for that.

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Also, How can i have su rights to change a protected system file with a files editor in KDE? I'm trying to edit a config file in a x11 directory to change my max screen resolution.

Better ask on an Ubuntu forum how this works with only sudo and no real root account.

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