furby Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Installed Linux (redhat9) and it's great, but for some reson I can't work out how to acess certain folders, namely the /root. It say's i don't have permission, how do i get it? I put in the root password, but doesn't seem to make any differene :angry: also while i'm here, should i be able to mount my winxp (ntfs) partition in redhat? and on the other side acess the linux partition whilst in xp? crazy barage of questions, but help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livesoca Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 You'll have to login as "su" (don't use quotes). It stands for super user. Open a termial/shell and type in su then type in your root password. It's good practice not to ever login as root. If this is a box just for testing and not connected to the web, go ahead and login as root. If you're paranoid, just unplug the internet cable till you're done. :D LIVESOCA... I'm a noob also (in training) (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockett15 Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 :) yep, as above .. although if you wish to edit a lot of things you can login on your login screen with "root" and "rootpassword" ... without quotes... you will then have full rights to everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glockfan Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 about ntfs, I think (haven't used Redhat lately) that there is a patch you need to apply to be able to see ntfs partitions. I could be wrong but that is the way it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furby Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 Thanks for replies, got root access :) Which then allowed me to add the NTFS patch. I'm on a roll, now just to work out if it's possicble to view the linux partition under xp :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livesoca Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 (Y) Good thing I stayed subscribed to this thread. I didn't know Linux could've seen NTFS partitions. Hey, we learn a little more evryday :D LIVESOCA EDIT: Anyone know of any patch or add-on so Windows can see and view the Linux partions and directories etc? (Dual Boot system = Win XP Pro SP1, Fedora Linux) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 You'll have to login as "su" (don't use quotes). It stands for super user su = substitute user [identity] It allows you to become another user not just the super user (root) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagal Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Thanks for replies, got root access :) Which then allowed me to add the NTFS patch. I'm on a roll, now just to work out if it's possicble to view the linux partition under xp :shifty: google for "explore2fs" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm ;) it works pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted February 3, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2004 Don't enable write support for NTFS partitions unless you have a backup copy. Really. Really. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Don't enable write support for NTFS partitions unless you have a backup copy. Really. Really. Really. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Or you could just create a FAT32 partition for sharing data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthater Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I used partition magic to convert an NTFS to FAT32, then loaded the "vfat" partition in /etc/fstab. This way, both windows and linux can access the disk, without experimental (aka, will freak out and wipe your disk.. oops) NTFS support. <-victim of the ntfs driver support. :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furby Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 google for "explore2fs" :D Cool, problem solved Don't enable write support for NTFS partitions unless you have a backup copyYe backed up all onto dvd, just in case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furby Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 I used partition magic to convert an NTFS to FAT32, then loaded the "vfat" partition in /etc/fstab. This way, both windows and linux can access the disk, without experimental (aka, will freak out and wipe your disk.. oops) NTFS support. <-victim of the ntfs driver support. :blush: :hmmm: interesting, might give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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