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| Thread ID: 124804 | 2012-05-20 06:12:00 | Linux noob questions | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1276426 | 2012-05-21 11:49:00 | No. Just make sure your Win partition is mounted somewhere, (and read/write for your user) and point Tbird to the Win profile. It would also pay to check for any differences in the respective Tbird versions. :thumbs:Where is that +1 icon. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1276427 | 2012-05-21 22:56:00 | Using the PC button go to More Applications/Terminals/Root Terminal or you can edit a menu item so that it will use root permission.All I see there is Konsole and Xterm. Also, I don't understand "edit a menu item so that it will use root permission." | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1276428 | 2012-05-22 02:12:00 | Open a terminal (either Konsole or Xterm - whichever you prefer). Type 'su' enter your root password. Prompt changes from $ to # and you are now the 'root user'. Do stuff needing root priv's. Type 'exit' Prompt changes from # to $ and you are now 'you' again. For gui apps as root, it used to be 'kdesu appname' but I think that changed in KDE4 (I haven't used KDE since 3.5). |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1276429 | 2012-05-22 02:29:00 | Open a terminal (either Konsole or Xterm - whichever you prefer). Type 'su' enter your root password. Prompt changes from $ to # and you are now the 'root user'. Do stuff needing root priv's. Type 'exit' Prompt changes from # to $ and you are now 'you' again. For gui apps as root, it used to be 'kdesu appname' but I think that changed in KDE4 (I haven't used KDE since 3.5).Interesting. I type "su" [RETURN], and get the "password" prompt, but thereafter it won't accept any input. Also interesting - the last line quoted above "For gui apps...." doesn't appear in the original post in my browser, and only shows up when I "reply with quote".:confused: Ha! I think I must have just "replied with quote" at the exact time the post was being edited, as it now shows up with the Last edited tag. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1276430 | 2012-05-22 02:31:00 | It won't show any characters, but it should certainly be accepting what you type. | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1276431 | 2012-05-22 02:35:00 | Using the PC button go to More Applications/Terminals/Root Terminal or you can edit a menu item so that it will use root permission. There is a way of making Thunderbird in Windows and PCLinuxOS use the same profile so that you see the same in both.I actually use Outlook in Windows, so I don't think that's going to happen. :) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1276432 | 2012-05-22 02:35:00 | All I see there is Konsole and Xterm. Also, I don't understand "edit a menu item so that it will use root permission." If you right click on the PC button and choose edit application then choose the menu item you want to edit then go to the advanced page you can change the user to root. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1276433 | 2012-05-22 02:36:00 | Interesting. I type "su" [RETURN], and get the "password" prompt, but thereafter it won't accept any input. It does not show your password as asterisks since someone looking would then know your password length, making it much easier for them to guess\crack. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1276434 | 2012-05-22 03:19:00 | It does not show your password as asterisks since someone looking would then know your password length, making it much easier for them to guess\crack.Right. When I actually typed the password and hit return it put me into root. Just confusing when I'm used to seeing asterisks or something - as in fact happens elsewhere when I'm being asked for the root password. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1276435 | 2012-05-22 03:22:00 | If you right click on the PC button and choose edit application then choose the menu item you want to edit then go to the advanced page you can change the user to root.Right. Tried it and now I understand it. Thanks. | Tony (4941) | ||
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