Sorry I didnt state it but I was root, I have no other accounts

Hey,

I have been trying to reset the root password for a unix system. The shadow file has full rw-rw-rw permissions, however when I force write the save (in vi editor) it says it cannot do it...

I think i found the problem. The vs of ubuntu is 4.10. All along I thought I had 6.10

Ive got the file on the desktop and its called "apt_0.6.46.4-0.1_i386.deb". I tried different combinations of paths and file names and it says it cant find it.

would it be like this:

sudo dpkg...

How would I go about doing that?

thanks

Hi I am new to linux and ubuntu and have installed ubuntu on a machine so I can muck around with it. I have been trying to install wine as well. On the wine website it says to:

"First, open a...