If the newest versio nof debian is anything like ubuntu/kubuntu then you use sudo to run commands as superuser. you can also do: sudo su (gives you a shell running as root) if you are an admin user. On Apr 9, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Jim Worrest wrote: > I seem to have noticed that there is a new way to access partitions, > with Debian based Linuxes anyway. Referring to a file etc. Is there > an easy > way to get something that looks like the old way, and the average > user can > access them. By the way, I also notice that Debian doesn't like to > have a > user named "root" which may be one of the easier ways of doing > things, Any > way of having a "root" user? > > ---- > Husker Linux Users Group mailing list > To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE > > ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE