Ubuntu Linux runs the the desktop as a regular user account, and so all programs launched are launched in the context of a normal user account. Ubuntu Linux teče namizju kot redni uporabniški račun, in tako vsi začeli programi začela v okviru običajnega uporabniškega računa.

To run a command-line program with superuser(root) priviledges, you normally will preceed the command with “sudo”, as shown in this example: Če želite zagnati ukaz-program skladno z superuporabnik (root) privilegije, boste ponavadi pred ukaz z "sudo", kot je prikazano v tem primeru:

sudo gedit filename.txt sudo gedit filename.txt

Ubuntu provides a graphical alternative to the sudo command that you have probably seen if you try to run any administrative tool: Ubuntu ponuja grafični alternativo sudo ukaz, da ste verjetno videli, če poskušate zagnati kateri koli upravni orodje:

You can easily and quickly run any program as root by preceeding the command with the “gksu” command. Lahko preprosto in hitro teči poljuben program kot root, ki jih pred ukaz s "gksu" zapoved. For instance, let's launch xterm as root by hitting Alt+F2 to bring up the quick run dialog: Na primer, lets 'začetek xterm kot root s pritiskom Alt + F2, da bi se hitro dialog teči:

We'll first see the password dialog shown above, enter your password… and there we go - we now have a terminal running as root: Bomo videli prvi geslo pogovorno okno prikazano zgoraj, vpišite svoje geslo ... in tam gremo - imamo zdaj terminal teče kot root:

Easy stuff! Easy stuff!