Newbie questions around kernel updating

[ericwsf]

OK I am an experienced Windows software developer and I have experience with UNIX (FreeBSD) and a little Linux in text mode. I am taking the plunge with Linux. I have installed Redhat on my home desktop machine.

It's a twisted path but am want to get sound working so I have to recompile the kernel, cool. There isn't a real good documentation for this process. Well not the recompiling I've done that. I actually tried to run the script provided by Intel to get their motherboard aoundcard to work. But I didn't have the source on the system. The install documentation doesn't even touch on this but if you have the CD's made from the iso's is there a de facto standard for where to put the source packages? I figured the directory /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS was probably a good place but it is owned by root.

In the GUI interface is there some way in Nautilus to change ownership?
Can I give my login account root priviledges?

Guide me someone please.

[zdawg]

To gain root priviledges type su -
You will then be prompted for the root password. This is all done from
a shell (like Konsole). You then can run commands as root.
In your scenario you would then cp or mv the source to /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS.
Example:

mv /home/zdawg/something /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS

It is now moved.

[ericwsf]

Thanks, but I know su. I was wondering if there wa a way to su Nautilus.

The point is moot. I was being dumb. I looked up the documentation for rpm.

Now I have more questions but I'll create a new thread.