I have a lamp project and I can't move my project in the file I'm supposed to move unless I do it from terminal as root, and then it doesn't let me open the project and change it, I have a lots of files I have to change and it's very time consuming to open them all from terminal each time I want to change them. How can I run my computer as root without the terminal?( I am new to ubuntu )
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I am using 13.04 trying to edit or drag and drop files but since all the folders are owned by root and assigned to the group "root" I am not allow to do this.  I added my current username to the "root" group and still I am not able to edit.  I don't want to have to login as root to do this, or change all the folders group to something else.  What are my options.
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Is there some way I can run a Bash script as root without being prompted for a password every time? I'm attempting to automate the process of starting my LAMPP install, which requires me running a couple of sudo commands to start and stop services. Optimally, I'd like to build this into an executable file, so all I'd have to do is click an icon. ;)  Obviously, I have the password, so that's not an issue. I just want to take my laziness one step farther and not have to enter it every time I start my localhost. After all, that's what programming is all about, right?
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So I was working and there was a directory that I was periodically changing to my user in  a root terminal so that I could open the files in text editors, but I accidentally pressed / instead of . and this was the command I put out:  chown -R emil.emil /   Then immediately panicked ^C and put in another command, as I thought I could always change back the files I needed to access:  chown -R root.root /   So now I can't do su from emil to even try to fix this, as I'm getting permission denied error. I'm on Ubuntu could someone tell me if there is a way I could fix this, without absolutely reinstalling the whole thing.  TIP  If you are trying to get root access, and are getting this permission denied error when using su try this command:  gksu gnome-terminal   It will prompt you for the root password and open a new root terminal for some reason this works and gives me root access, when su doesn't.
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When I start a program from a terminal I can't use that terminal instance again until I close the program.  Is there a way to execute a program/application from a terminal without blocking the terminal until the program ends?
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I'm try to change to my Desktop directory from the terminal.  Running  cd /home/desktop   gives an error in the terminal saying no directory found.  What am I doing wrong?
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I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server .  How can i run more than .sh file in the same time  (opening more than terminal)  I can use it on desktop version but i use server version.  Is it possible? if yes how can do?
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When I ran a command, I got the following error:     You need to be root to perform this command.   What is root and how can I become it?
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I have an alias that I would like to use both as a regular user and as root, via sudo. Specifically, it is this:  alias rm=trash   This works fine as a normal user, and it works fine when I use sudo -i to get a root shell prompt, but if I use sudo rm, the alias does not apply. So where do I need to put my alias so that it works in one-off sudo commands?
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I'm still a little new to Ubuntu and was wondering how I can copy files, in this case Aptana Studio, to /usr/local/ without being denied.   Is there a way to do it in terminal? Or a way to allow myself permission?  I should add that I am using 10.10 Desktop edition, not server.
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When I work in terminal, sometimes I want to open the current directory in a GUI file manager. And then to click the items in the window to run the application. How can I do this?
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I have a shell script. I want to configure my script to run automatically during startup. I know how to do this from GUI. But I wanted to do this from terminal. How can I do this?  On a primary research I found that the file needs to be moved to /etc/int.d/ directory. But this operation needs sudo permission. I wanted to do this without super user permissions.   I also found that there are files under ~/.config/autostart/ which are having some settings regarding the startup applications. But I don't know how to edit them to achieve this.   Can someone tell me the exact procedure to achieve this?
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I set up a new VPS instance of Ubuntu and am wondering what the easiest way is to get up and running with a basic LAMP stack (i.e. which packages are required, which configuration options need to be tweaked, if any, etc.).
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I have just installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 with a LAMP setup.  I want to host a website there but I'm not sure which is the best way to get/edit my files on the server.  Googling provides many options but I'm not sure which is best?  Unless there's a better option, I'd like to be create the pages on another PC (Windows or Linux) and use SFTP to sync the changes to the server - but do I do this to a symlinked folder in ~/ or by changing rights on the /var/www/ folder?
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Is it possible to open a file or application as root from the GUI?  My ideal would be right-clicking on a file or an application and seeing an "Open as Root" choice in the context menu, after which I was asked for my root password.  Somewhat related to this is the ability to allow, for example, a save to take place where originally you had not opened the application as root (e.g., modifying a .conf file in /etc)
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I accidentally moved all folders from root to a subfolder. (/bin, /etc, /home, /lib, /usr... all moved) The only ones that were not moved, since they were in use, are  /bak, /boot, /dev, /proc, /sys.  Now, any command that I try to execute will simply not happen. I constantly get "No such file or directory".  I am connected through ssh and through ftp, but I cannot move files through ftp, as direct SU login is disabled. I also have access to the actual server if I need to do something directly from there.  I'm assuming I would need to edit a configuration file in order to tell it where to find the /bin folder and that would help me get access again, but I don't know which file that would be or how to do it (since I can't even run chmod to change permissions).  Is there any way out of this other than re-installing?  I am working on an old version of CentOS.  I'm extremely new to the world of Linux, hence this action and the question...
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How do I change from user to superuser (root)? What command do I use in the Terminal to switch to root? I have tried --help but I get lost with all the listed help. I'm looking for a recent download/install so I can use it.
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I'm working with a support member for a product, and he insists that I need to be root to install a series of patches, and that sudo won't work; he doesn't provide a reason but seems very firm in his beliefs. Browsing Superuser I can't determine any possible reason for this being the case, and in confirmation, when I run:  sudo -l   I get:  ... User [MY USERNAME] may run the following commands on this host:     (ALL) ALL   Getting access from the Linux/server team to actually be root is not an imediate process as I understand, so I'd prefer to install them myself.  Is there any practical reason whatsoever why sudo would behave differently than root for installing software on a server?