2008-05-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

Problem u may face in UBUNTU

Hay friends u r in rik75 and i wanna share something i faced recently. Have a look at that.

I was trying to setup environment for using internet in UBUNTU. I was doing everything properly but it was not working. U may have found it, or if not, what does it matters, u r in the same way u were. The problem is - i was not working as root. But i was surprised thinking that - where is the root account? And tried to remember that - have I ever created it? And the answer is no, I have never created it.

So what really happened? And the answer is - During UBUNTU installation no root or admin account is created. So u have to create it from the account u have created during installation. Lets see step by step how to do it.

1. First get in(log in) using the account u have created during installation.

2. Now in linux shell try to type commands.

3. (i) Type the command:
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sudo passwd
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(ii) This will ask for the current user password first. So enter it.
(iii) Then it will ask for a new password,which will be used for root account. So enter it.
(iv) Then it will ask to retype the password. Do it.

The work is half done. U have created root account.

Now u can enter from another shell using account name: root and the password u entered.

Or u can enter as root from this shell. Type the command:
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su
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And when password is asked enter it and u are the root.

Now u are the master of ur UBUNTU. U can do whatever u want. So don't ask me - what to do next for using internet. Do it ur own. Or get help from other blogs.

Picking u up from a boy I have made u a man, i mean from a general user I have made u a super user/root. Now u have the super power. So search it.

[ may be this will help u a little , type command: wvdialconf , type command: gedit /etc/wvdial.conf . Editing of this file will depend on which operator service u r using. after editing save it and type command: wvdial . u r using the internet now]

Use this link(click on it for help to edit the file /etc/wvdial.conf)

Thanks, and best wishes to u all.

2008-05-11T12:06:00.002-07:00

A little introduction

This is rik75 and i welcome u all here. I am still a student and believe me it is really fun being that. I am trying to do some small things one by one, so than i can join them together and make something big. So lets see how far i can run in my way, how much it need to reach my destination. Best wishes to u all.