Re: More Linux than Apple, but problems

[Steve Hodges <shodges@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peeter Vissak wrote:
> So anybody, please, give me a hint how to overcome the problem of getting the 
> USB device (a camera for instance) to work on my Knoppix 3.7 when it simply 
> refuses. And yes, in that distro I even cannot login as root to make changes 
> to the conf files. Root logins are simply not allowed in Knoppix 3.7. All I 
> can do is to save my docs to my home folder. And feel stupid.
>   

Not being able to log in as root is a feature.  It's a feature you *can* 
change, but it's best to do things the proper way :-)

The sudo command will allow you to execute a command as root.  If you 
execute bash as sudo you'll get a shell with root access. (type "sudo 
bash").  sudo asks you for your password if you haven't entered it recently.

Steve