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PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:33 pm    Post subject: linux help
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hi, dont ask me how i found this site lol. i recently got ubuntu and i need to put a file into my plugin directory in the firefox folder. i cant do this because of user restrictions and cant login to root as its disabled on this particual verious of linux. how do i do it?
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Ubuntu *does* allow for running as root, just not logging in as root. To do so, just use the sudo command: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo


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