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but to use some commands... i am getting denied with permissions. why is it so if the user account holds the admin privilages.

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@jgt
yes I am the only user in my system. your suggestions worked out it is like a magic to me being novice

@tony
thanks and plz tell me what will be the root default password cos' I set...

To replace the ^M 's on the screen in vi type

:%s/\r//

What that says is: for lines 1 to end, replace \r with nothing . This will replace only one instance of ^M per line. If you have two on...

Hi thanks for the explaination. sorry to ask again.

how to change the permissions on directories that are being created.

hi here is what I am trying.

chinnanji@ubuntu:~$ mkdir newfolder
chinnanji@ubuntu:~$ cd newfolder
chinnanji@ubuntu:~/newfolder$ mkdir folder2
chinnanji@ubuntu:~/newfolder$ cd folder2...

Hi thanks for the code.

But to gain the permissions shall I use sudo all the time?

Hi TonyFullerMalv,

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation with the commands.

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Please help...

Hi thanks Tony.

It worked. but how can I give admin privilages to a new user created? or already existing user in linux.

PS: I am using UBUNTU

Hi

I am new to linux, when I typed "vi FILE1" I was able to open VI editor. I added some data and I want to save the file and I tried :w but it threw me an error.

"file1" E212: Can't open file...