[02:04] Trying to sort out ROOT password problem. I cannot get sudo to recognize the password. I use Ubuntu 12. It came with a ROOT terminal. I have changed my password (to be sure I am using the right word). No joy. Suggestions? [02:05] Finnigann, there is no root password only the user password to access superuser admin tasks. [02:09] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo [02:28] !sudo [02:28] sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !gksu (GNOME, Xfce), or !kdesudo (KDE). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo [02:28] !root [02:28] Do not try to guess the root password, that is impossible. Instead, realise the truth... there is no root password. Then you will see that it is 'sudo' that grants you access and not the root password. Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo [03:40] yeah root account is disabled bt default in ubuntu [03:42] Finnigann: if your user password is not working with sudo you may need to try soething like this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword === TheMaster is now known as Unit193 [09:14] Hi, can someone know about u1sync ? [09:14] it was gone in ubuntuone-client-4.2.0 [09:16] https://launchpad.net/u1sync , i got it from here. === Linus1 is now known as LinusYuan [13:41] I have ubuntu on dual boot. If i upgrade to the latest version from update manager will this fuckup all partition etc? [15:44] ok I'm installing ubuntu server and somehow my tmp file got deleted...it is supposed to have a tmp file right?? === INVADERSmustDIE is now known as ]invaders[_must_ === ]invaders[_must_ is now known as INVADERSmustDIE [19:20] is there anyone here that can help me understanding basic files and directory commands through terminals in pm? [19:30] INVADERSmustDIE: Why PM? Anyway, I'd start off learning bash first. In which case you want to read http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide [19:31] thanks geirha [19:31] well pm usually because it saves my convo in one window without interferring quit and join messages and i can scroll up and i dont get lost [19:31] its usefull for people with ADD /ADHD like symptoms [19:32] I dont know why people dislike query [19:32] Well, the person you query with could be teaching you bad stuff, which likely would've been corrected in a channel [19:33] touche [19:33] good point [19:33] when its not an active channel like this im okay heh [19:33] :) [19:33] but other channels its like there would be 10 people talking between each line and you have to highlight the person everytime [19:33] its awful heh [19:36] Anyway, I'm fairly experienced with bash, the standard UNIX commands and Ubuntu and linux in general, so you can ask away [19:38] heh thanks. well mymain goal was done . I should read linux for dummies. i downloaded it [19:39] It was for basic cd ~ ls commands that i was reading about https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/basic-commands/C/files-directories-commands.html and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal [19:40] Keep one thing in mind though, most tutorials, guides and examples regarding shell scripts on the net are crap [19:40] I was trying to move an application i installed from the .kde folder to the main home folder. but then another fellow warned me that that would disrupt the application exectution [19:41] yeah geirha i always like human assistance while im learning on my laptop just cause i dont feel like ending with the blue screen of death or in this case screwing up my whole ubuntu [19:41] I ask before i run terminal commands heh. I have 0 self confidence in coding [19:42] That's a good idea; it's easy to hose your system in a terminal :) [19:42] by accident or otherwise [19:43] yeah hopefuly by end of summer ill be a linux pro [19:45] If you want to read the BashHuide off-line/on paper, I regularly generate a pdf of it: http://folk.ntnu.no/geirha/bashguide.pdf [19:53] oh thanks geirha [19:53] downloading [19:53] geirha, do you know javascript? [19:58] Not really [20:00] aww okay C: thanks anyways!