what ever happened to the good ole' days?

[david#1]

just a note .... can get into terminal super user mode because all it asks is for the su password .... to LOG IN as super user i am asked to provide a username ... i know mine ... just don't remember the username to use to log in as root or super user ... am trying to access a file on a usb stick and it says i do not have permission and must be logged in as root ... created the file on the usb stick when i was on a win 2000 computer ...... so --- if you can help i would appreciate it .... oh! also when i try to access the usb disk by terminal mode ... i get to /media/usbdev and then when i try to get to "david's stuff" ... all i get on the screen is > .....

[budman7]

Add this line to your fstab file.

usbfs   /proc/bus/usb     usbfs   noauto    0 0

if you are not familiar with vi

vi /etc/fstab

type i to enter INSERT mode
type or copy and paste the line in
hit ESC to go back to COMMAND mode
Type ZZ to quit and save your work

Now when you put your usb device in, it should just work.

[david#1]

thanks,
..... never seen vi before ... very cool .... although this line currently exists in the fstab file
used commands i for insert, typed a bit, removed what i typed, esc for exit, but then the ZZ does not get recognized by vi so i simply clicked on session and the clicked on close.
also if you know how to retrieve usernames that would be very good too!
thanks for your help,
david

[gogalthorp]

vi is a good editor but you don't save things unless you exit properly. A much easie editor is nano. It should be on your machine. Warning never just close the console with nano running, it will stay in the background and eat CPU cycles.

Hint you can kill any process with the kill command

open a console su to root type

ps -A to list all process. Find the process you want to kill then

kill PID where PID is the process ID number