giving root access

[caveman_nige]

guys, am using ubuntu 9.04 JJ on my little lappy. problem is I cannot use my avg update as my logon i built it with does not have root access for some reason...

What do i need to do, its been a while since i loaded an ubuntu from scratch?

[Mjolinor]

Open a terminal and type

sudo passwd root

It will ask for your normal user passwd, once htis is entered it will ask for the new root password, twice.

You can then

su root

And it iwll ask for root's password.

[caveman_nige]

cheers bud,. tried that as advised.. changed the password etc.. but when i tried to get avg to update i got the error (see pic below)..

avgScreenshot.jpg

[Mjolinor]

So it's not that straightforward. It is probably about how you installed it in the first place. It's probably best to remove it and reinstall making sure you install it where you have access as a normal user.

One has to wonder why bother at all under Ubuntu unless you transfer a lot of files into Windows.

[caveman_nige]

yeah the lans i access are all w2k3...

will try and remove it... and see if there any further options during install.. i thought it would not let me install it anyway unless i had root access

[caveman_nige]

just picked up the link you posted in the sb mate, will have a read of it later, thanks for your assistance so far. I will return post when i have an update etc. Seems there is not much support so far for the latest version of ubuntu, most plugins are useless right now,, i know this will change in time...