root directory

[joyarjit]

why do i always need to write"su"then my password to extract or copy any file in fedora 11.
pls tell me how to configure so that i always be in my root directory.

[nujinini]

why do i always need to write"su"then my password to extract or copy any file in fedora 11.

su and su - are commands that brings you to user root and systems root directory respectively. This allows you to do tasks that are reserved for sys admins or "super users".

pls tell me how to configure so that i always be in my root directory.

You can try to add your user name in /etc/sudoers.

I use nano to edit so...

su -
password
nano /etc/sudoers
add your username name right after the root. Example below...

##	user    MACHINE=COMMANDS
##
## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it.
##
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root    ALL=(ALL)	ALL
user   ALL=(ALL)	ALL
## Allows members of the 'sys' group to run networking, software,
## service management apps and more.
# %sys ALL = NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, SERVICES, STORAGE, DELEGATING, PROCESSES, LO$

After which you can do commands reserved for super user using the sudo.

Good luck!

[joyarjit]

su and su - are commands that brings you to user root and systems root directory respectively. This allows you to do tasks that are reserved for sys admins or "super users".




You can try to add your user name in /etc/sudoers.

I use nano to edit so...

su -
password
nano /etc/sudoers
add your username name right after the root. Example below...

##	user    MACHINE=COMMANDS
##
## The COMMANDS section may have other options added to it.
##
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root    ALL=(ALL)	ALL
user   ALL=(ALL)	ALL
## Allows members of the 'sys' group to run networking, software,
## service management apps and more.
# %sys ALL = NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, SERVICES, STORAGE, DELEGATING, PROCESSES, LO$

After which you can do commands reserved for super user using the sudo.

Good luck!

ThanXxxxxx nujinini...........

[joyarjit]

now i m getting another problem--
while installing the automake-1.10.2
i am getting the error message as autoconf 2.60 or better is required
and check the path.......
i then installed autoconf 2.60 and 2.64 but it didnt worked out same error is coming again.

how could i overcome this