On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 21:28 +0530, Gmail POP3 Access wrote: > On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 14:38 +0000, Harry Rickards wrote: > > Quoting Gmail POP3 Access <iam.perfection...@gmail.com>: > > > > > But when I did open the /boot/grub/menu.lst there are a lot of entries > > > starting with # symbol. > > > > The hash means that the line is commented out, and won't be read by > > GRUB. It usually tells you what the following line does. > > > > > > > I have used the follwoing commands to create a password for grub. > > > root terminal - Grub - grub-md5-crypt > > > > > > and after creation of md5 password, i have run the followig command : > > > root terminal - grub update. > > > > The book probably meant to run 'grub update' in a root terminal. If > > you go into a terminal and type in 'su', and enter the root password > > if necessary. Then run 'grub update'. > > > > > I have edited the file with the follwoing entries : > > > > > > timeout 3 > > > password --md5 encryptedpassword data. > > > > > > Should I delete the below lines of the file [ menu.lst ]. > > > > What lines are below? > > The following lines are present : > > # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) > # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), > # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub > # and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/. > > ## default num > # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from > 0, and > # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. > # > # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default > entry > # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. > # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' > or your > # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. > default 0 > > ## timeout sec > # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the > default entry > # (normally the first entry defined). > timeout 5 > > # Pretty colours > color cyan/blue white/blue > > ## password ['--md5'] passwd > # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive > editing > # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by > the > # command 'lock' > # e.g. password topsecret > # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ > # password topsecret > > # > # examples > # > # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 > # root (hd0,0) > # makeactive > # chainloader +1 > # > # title Linux > # root (hd0,1) > > > > > > > > [2] I am unable to create a folder in /home folder. > > > I did check everyother folders and to my shock I found that Owner and > > > Group is "root". > > > I request members to guide me for changing permissions for /home folder. > > > Meanwhile I will do some googling. > > > > Is this the /home folder, or the /home/yourname folder? If it's the > > /home folder, you should create directory's in /home/yourname. If it's > > /home/yourname that has the owner or group set to root, open up a > > terminal and type in 'su' again, entering the root password if > > neccesary. Then enter the command 'chown yourusername:yourgroupname > > /home/yourusername'. Your group name is probably the same as your user > > name, but you can find all groups you belong to by entering the > > command 'cat /etc/passwd|grep yourusername'. > > I have successfully changed the permissions. > > > Thanks > > > > Harry Rickards > > > Thank You, > @ Bhagya.
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