On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Phil Schaffner <Philip.R.Schaffner at nasa.gov> wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I have several Live CDs, but >> don't know how to get real "root" privileges with them. > > Often "su -" in a terminal window is all that's required to get root for a > live CD. Phil: I think I tried that, Saturday afternoon, but I will try it again, after my daughter gets home. As I recall, that did not get me into the true "root" environment, but into root for the Live CD. I will try it again, with each of the 3 Live CD's, and report back to the list. When I tried to edit one of the configuration files I need to edit, it was a different configuration file, provided by the Live CD. Thanks! Lanny