noob question

[neversleeps]

ok heres one ill get made fun of
k im in gnome in a dir. how do i login to root to write to this dir like making a new folder thru gnome.

thx u guys in advance

mandrake 10.0 btw

 

[mdshort]

Open the terminal (gnome-terminal), cd to the directory you want to write to:
cd <directory>

And then login as root:
su
(type password for root when prompted for a password)

Now your ready to make a directory:
mkdir <directoryname>

There's really no way to do this in gnome if your logged in as a normal user, and if your logged into root on gnome, well thats just silly. Another alternative is to start nautilus as root, but I wouldn't recommend doing it:
su
(enter root password)
nautilus

Hope I helped,
-Mike

 

[neversleeps]

thx mike