Ubuntu Permissions (with KDE)

[audrokit]

hi, i'm a newbie - so be kind.

When I'm in Ubuntu, I tried to get administrator privilagess using "sudo nautilus" or even kdesu konqueror - however, the terminal window is supposed to change from the $ symbol to the # symbol - but when I put in my password - it still shows the $ symbol.

Ultimately, I'm trying to mount a windows partition so i can write to it.

please assist

[daark.child]

Have you tried the command "sudo -s".

[devils casper]

Hi audrokit,

Welcome to the LinuxForums.

When I'm in Ubuntu, I tried to get administrator privilagess using "sudo nautilus" or even kdesu konqueror - however, the terminal window is supposed to change from the $ symbol to the # symbol - but when I put in my password - it still shows the $ symbol.

Root Login is disabled in (K)Ubuntu and sudo provide 'root' privileges for 5 minutes only. it doesn't change login symbol in prompt.

Ultimately, I'm trying to mount a windows partition so i can write to it.

add entries of Windows partition in /etc/fstab file and set umask value to 0. umask=0 allows default access to all users.
execute this to mount Windows partitions in terminal/konsole,

sudo mount -t <fielsystem> /dev/<partition>  <mount_point> -o defaults,umask=0

no need to prefix sudo for reading/writing in Windows partitions.

[Oxygen]

Oh BTW you may be interested in NTFS-3G, lets you write to windows partitions using NTFS. Example:

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /media/hda1 -o defaults,umask=0,rw

To install it, run:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g