but nothing works i log out of user, log in to root using the pass made as the user, don't exist. i been gone for 3 years off zorin or any linux uses due to hospital either to many things changed or i'm way out of touch.
i can't install nothing to the 17 pro using sudo root or user
Does the terminal display any error messages that you can relay?
e in red and says cant find directory and i'm doing as they state open directory in terminal then provides sample code to place cd / blala so when i do it, it adds a folder to home directory from downloads. gives error i'm only a limited user would need to do this in sudo
so i do the su - and lets me add pass to root user on that account
if i log out then back in as root the password i made for it on user account don't work.
and it still never installed on the instructions as they had, now on z 15 no problems i was a wiz at installing stuff by command.
i used to have a blog it was sorta a journal for what you can do in zorin
how to add in drivers all kinds of stuff
You want to use sudo in Zorin OS, not su. The su command will nominally work for many things, but su and sudo are not interchangeable and Zorin OS is configured for using Sudo.
thats odd you say that cause when i did use su - it let me set a password in i know there's a way to open root for i can't remember how is was done, i still have a laptop with 15 on it maybe i stored the how to stuff on it i'll look in to it later. also when i did use sudo it pretty much did nothing for any installing as stated on the how to of the program, then again maybe i need to reinstall zorin 17 on the desktop.
A fresh reinstall can work wonders.
i'll see what i can do on it, its a new fresh install i put it on a 4gb system just to glace at the the new set up, i have a 16gb system but its forced to use blaaa windows, i got one of the new skytech pc's
Are you referring to RAM or... Disk space?
lol ram
update - it is now fixed! finally got! >>>>>CLOSED it still can't access root user account i'm using proper command something is not working right, i'm doing as it exact i used to do its not letting me do nothing i cant install using sudo like i used to when i do its lost can find the file i opened the terminal in. To unlock and gain root access in Zorin OS, you need to set a password for the root user and then use it to switch to root privileges. This can be achieved through the command line using sudo passwd root and then sudo su. You can also modify the sudoers file to allow a regular user to run commands as root without needing a password
I don't know about other Zorin users, but I have never needed to set a specific password for root or sudo, it is normally the same password as the main user account. Unless that account is somehow restricted. One password is enough IMO.
I'm marking @cmjprous' last post here as the solution for this thread 