Using Alt+F2 to execute program from terminal

[kjartani]

Hello.
Im trying to install a program with bitrock installer but im asked to logon as root or become super user.

When trying to logon as root from logon window I get message that "cant authenticate user"

Ive tried to find a place in "users and groups" to become superuser but cant find it.

Please help.

Regards

Kjartan

[leigh123linux]

To use super user ( su ) just type su in a terminal .

[kjartani]

In terminal that works but can I execute the "installer file" in terminal?
Kjartan

[leigh123linux]

Sorry I don't know nothing about bitrock, but IMO it seems redundant on fedora as rpm and yum are better.

http://installbuilder.bitrock.com/index.html

[kjartani]

Hello
In terminal with su privileges Ive tried to execute a program but when trying to execute it Im told that I have to be superuser. hmmmmmmm

Do I have to be logged in as super user or root?

How do I do this from logonwindow, cause neiter root nor superuser are listed as possible logonnames.

Regards

Kjartan

[leigh123linux]

Threads merged as they similar .

[stoat]

Originally Posted by kjartani

Using Alt+F2 to execute program from terminal

Hello

In terminal with su privileges Ive tried to execute a program but when trying to execute it Im told that I have to be superuser. hmmmmmmm

Do I have to be logged in as super user or root?

How do I do this from logonwindow, cause neiter root nor superuser are listed as possible logonnames.

Hello kjartani,

For the last several Fedora versions, you can't log in as root without tweaking some config files. But you can still do what you tried to do with Alt+F2 like this...

su -c [command here]

Or this way, if you have sudo configured for your username...

sudo [command here]

[kjartani]

Hello.

Thanks for your replies.

What Im trying to do is to run an installer file "LikewiseIdentityServiceOpen-5.3.0.7701-linux-i386-rpm-installer"

Whats the commandname for Alt+F2?

Kjartan

[leigh123linux]

Try

su
chmod +x LikewiseIdentityServiceOpen-5.3.0.7701-linux-i386-rpm-installer
./LikewiseIdentityServiceOpen-5.3.0.7701-linux-i386-rpm-installer

[kjartani]

It worked so beautiful.....
Thanks for all help...

Kjartan