[nflug] ubuntu 6.10 works great

[Cyber Source]

Joe wrote:
> Cyber Source wrote:
>> anthonyriga wrote:
>>  
>>> I have downloaded and writing this email using ubuntu
>>> live cd. I will have to say it works great. Im using
>>> my work Toshiba tecra m3 wireless PRO/Wireless 2200BG and didnt have
>>> to load drivers for anything even
>>> wireless works out of box. All power mgt stuff works
>>> too. Looks like I will for sure making switch from
>>> Fedora. Since this is my work laptop I will make
>>> backup of Windows and will be adding Ubuntu as my
>>> second dual boot.
>>>
>>>
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>> ntfsresize will work perfect for making room on that laptop for the real
>> OS ;)
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>
> I'll keep that in mind too.
>
> I'm (sort of) running dual boot Dapper and XP Media Edition.  I like
> it so far, but after Mandrake, it's a little hard getting used to the
> no super user orientation it has by default.
> The blinking thing won't let me into cups admin to add a printer and I
> know what the only password I set is!
>
> My simplest problem is that Linux seems to mount NTFS partitions
> read-only.
> So ... what's the easiest way to create a small Fat32 partition that
> both systems can write to?  Most of the (big) HD is allocated to
> Linux, so that's where the space will come from - no need to resize
> the Widoze partitions.
>
> Joe
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        Enabling the root account

To enable the root account (i.e. set a password) use:

sudo passwd root

Enter your existing password
Enter password for root
Confirm password for root

Also, for cups, it explains right on the cups start page....
/Administrative commands are disabled in the web interface for security
reasons. Please use the GNOME CUPS manager (System > Administration >
Printing). |/usr/share/doc/cupsys/README.Debian.gz| describes the
details and how to reenable it again.
If you want to enable web administration with shadow passwords
(authentication type 'basic'), put the user cupsys into group shadow by
"adduser cupsys shadow" as root./

/And to get rw to work for ntfs, go here.... http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
/

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