[4joey1]

Hallo!I have used openSUSE 10.3 for a year now.

For me to edit a file that’s within the root partition e.g. /etc/fstab , I am forced to log in as super user via File System Manager-Super User mode.I would like to copy my files to or edit files in my root partition without having to log in to my root partition as a super user so that it will be as easy to have read-write access to my root partition just like in my home partition?

I am aware of the security merits of a password controlled root partition has but my problem is as follows.

I have a very small home partition (only 1 GB) since my machine has both openSUSE 10.3 and Windows and my HDD drive is only 80GB.

My root partition has 5 GB free space

I would like to install software e.g. Oracle for Linux.Naturally I would want it to be installed on my freer root partition but during installation its default installation path is in the home partition.If I try to change the path to a root partition,I get the error message that I do not have rights to place my files on the root partition.Of course when I try to install in the default home partition,I get the error message disk full.

How thus can I install software from root partition?Please respond soon.Thanks in advance.