[ubuntu-in] How to increase /root partition size in Ubun tu 8.04

[Ritesh Sinha]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM, ranjan das gupta <ranjan.nhce at gmail.com>wrote:

> hey my computer  dis not alloing me to be the root after i used my own name
> while i installed ubuntu 8.10??what to do
> ranjan
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Leena <leena at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there any way I can increase /root partition's size after
>> installation, using gparted?
>> or anyway to change directory for default installation files from /root
>> to /home"
>> I have Ubuntu 8.04 in a system having Hard disk of size 40GB.
>> I used manual partition option and following is how I have parted the disk
>> /root: 3GB or 3000mb
>> swap: 1.6GB
>> /home: remaining (say @36GB)
>>
>> Now after installation I ran updates. now when I try to install new
>> program, system giving me following error: "There is no space in /root
>> and you need to delete some files to save new"
>>
>> any help on this please....
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Leena
>>
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> Ranjan,

You're off topic. Please consider creating a new thread for separate
questions. In Ubuntu the root account is inactive by default and all
administrative functions can be performed by using the 'sudo' command.

e.g. # sudo vi /etc/configfile
[Asks for you password]: YourPassword (the one entered during installation).


If you need to activate the root account (not required but if you _must_),
type
sudo passwd root to enter a new password for the root account.

Regards,

Ritesh
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