On 07/12/2019 03:47 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: If you do not already have a password--I don't know how your system works--then in the terminal type passwd (return) and it should ask for one. Enter the password of your choice--the system would like one with six characters, but may accept one with five. Then, when you need to access something as root, open the terminal and type su (return) and then your password. If you already have a root password, then just type su. Forget sudo. The root system will remain open until you close it. --doug

On 19-07-12 15:47:58, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: Log out and log back in with X instead of Wayland. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@georgeanelson.com> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>

Awesome! Thanks everyone for your help. And I'm sorry I didn't give more information... I'm running Fedora 30, and I don't have a root password, seems that my password isn't even required when installing apps and what not (Thought it was supposed to be created upon install did they do away with THAT too? LoL!) I had no idea about the "X vs Wayland" issue, so I'm eager to try that and see if it works. I'll report back here once I get out of work (Amazon....uggh! this "Prime Day" is a KILLER! Hahahaha!) and see if that solves my woes!) Thanks! EGO II On 7/13/19 3:20 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 7/12/19 6:57 PM, Tony Nelson wrote: >> On 19-07-12 15:47:58, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>> There was a time when you could go to the terminal and type in >>> "sudo nautilus" and you'd get the file system to open with root >>> powers so that you could do things and manipulate files. This >>> seems to have been removed / stopped / taken away? So how do I gain >>> the ability to work on files / folders or directories now? Can >>> anyone point me in the right direction here? >> >> Log out and log back in with X instead of Wayland. > > This is the correct answer.  Choose the "Gnome on Xorg" session at the > login screen after you click on your user name.  Wayland does not > support applications running as root.  I did see that soon X > applications will be able to run as root under Wayland. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org