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Old 05-22-2005   #1 (permalink)
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How to boot Knoppix as Root

Hi folks,

Knoppix 3.8.2

1) How to boot Knoppix as Root? Each time at promp-boot: pressing [Enter] will boot Knoppix/KDE as User. Data on Hard Drive could not be read with all applications as User. To read Data with an application I have to start the latter at Konsole after 'su' as Root.

2) Would it be possible to save files to the home partition of the Hard Drive, i.e. /dev/hda5. If YES then HOW?

Please advise. TIA

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Perhaps you just need to add a line to /etc/fstab

You need these options in a line of fstab: users,exec,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix

Also if your drive is a Fat32 or a NTFS, you want to add umask=000
If it is a NTFS drive, also put : ro

Now some line in /etc/fstab should read
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 ntfs noauto,users,exec,ro,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=kno ppix 0 0
or if you have a fat filesystem:
/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=knoppix,gid=knoppi x 0 0
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That looks alot more difficult than just su'ing into root.
Because it is a livecd, his changes won't be there when he reboots.
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Hi folks,

I can 'su' to Root on Konsole and start Kate. After editing a file on HD (hda5) I can re-save it back there.

Also I can start OOoWriter from Konsole as Root and edit files from HD (hda5). However I can't re-save them back to HD (hda5). This I can't resolve the problem.

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