Help Making a Directory

I was following a guide a put in a command to make a directory. However, this is what I got:

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knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ mkdir /mnt/captive-LABEL_C
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/captive-LABEL_C': Permission denied

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How can I get permissions to make a directory there?

Type this instead to give yourself Super User rights:

su mkdir /mnt/captive-LABEL_C

That should solve the problem.

I thought sudo was used? (I'm a newbie though...)

--You are correct, sudo should be used instead of su.

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Originally Posted by Sgeo

I thought sudo was used? (I'm a newbie though...)

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Originally Posted by Dave_Bechtel

--You are correct, sudo should be used instead of su.

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Originally Posted by Sgeo

I thought sudo was used? (I'm a newbie though...)

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Right, use sudo for one command use su for multiple (you have to type su by itself first though)