Hi guys, I wannaknow how to reach this location, exactly. By "run", or is it a path, Bios, or Registry????????
/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat
thx for the help.

First make sure viewing hidden files is enabled by opening "Explorer," "Tools," "Folder Options" and "View" to check the box that says "Show hidden files." Then do a search for "questions.dat" to find the file and browse to its location.

I did that before I've posted the question but No Result . I did advanced search and searching on system files too but no result. I don't know how read this type of path, I find a lot of it in the forums and they seem to be very usefuland important, please anyone tell me how.

That should find the file if it's on any drive connected to the system. Could it be on an external drive, CD or DVD in which case you need to insert the disk with the file. According to your post the file should be in the folder /var/log/installer/cdebconf which you should be able to find using DOS commands. From a command prompt try typing "cd\" and press "Enter." Then type "cd\var\log\installer\cdebconf" and press "Enter" which should get you to the correct folder, and finally type "dir questions.dat" and press "Enter" which should find the file if it's in that folder on that drive. Note those are back slashes and not forward slashes for all the DOS commands.

It would be pretty helpful if you elaborate a little on what exactly you are up to.

My hunch is that because of the truncated file path, you are looking at a path to part of a CAB file or something similar. The only way to access it is through the program that created it, because it's part of a large compressed directory. Typically these are downloaded software installers and the like.

A Google of "cdebconf" reveals this may be a Linux related installer of some kind.

Ok guys, here's what I mean exactly. visit this link and u'll know.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=143334
I just wann aknow how to reach the location.
& get the password.

This seems to be Linux related. It would probably be quite helpful if this were in the title of the original post. Otherwise, you'll get answers (and questions) that do not apply to your need.

First off, I'm not a Linux Guru, second I've only used Suse 10.1, Mandrake/Mandriva, Lindows, Slackare 10-11. Each distro of Linux is a little bit different in their directory configuration and some of their exclusive commands and packages. I find that using Slackware (even though being one of the really tougher distros for newbies) you will find out how to manually do everything and configure it without the help of self-installing packages. If you want to learn the ins-n-outs of Linux I recommend using Slackware as your first distro if you're up for the challenge. I prefer Slackware over any distro because of less bloatware and it only installs the minimum stuff I need to get it to run. When you figure out how to use Slackware you can basically run any distro of Linux. Now let's get to your question and problem:

It seems like you are very new to Linux otherwise you wouldn't have to ask this question. 99% of the time your answers will be answered by reading the technical documents. 99% of people don't read the documents where 90% of the time their answer is answered in the user's manual. It looks like you don't understand how the directories work in Linux. A basic Linux directory looks like this http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/d...nisse_baum.png this is what Linux directories look like. We call this the "tree" and with tree comes "branches" which are sub directories of the main tree. Each distro will have the first same row of folders. The second, third, etc... folders will be a little different from distro to distro. Now you have to learn and memorize how your distro's directories are formed. Once you learned how to navigate the Ubuntu folders (I assume you are using Ubuntu as that's where you link your question to) you will be able to find ANY file you want (some might need root access or are hidden I don't know). Now I don't know how it is setup in Ubuntu but I am guessing you go to the main hard drive and just go /var/log/installer/cdebconf/ and you will get to your file. Getting to your hard drive might be a little tricky. In tricky I mean when you click on the "My Computer" look-a-like icon to Windows My Computer Icon it takes you back to the desktop (which is kind of redundant). You might have to click some kind of tab or button to get to explorer mode similar to Windows. That is where you will be able to navigate all the folders for your distro. Now there is a command to find files (can't remember it off the top of my head) but it might be a little different for each distro so you will have to learn the one from your distro. Now I recommend you read all the technical jargon, why read technical jargon? Because most of your answers will be in the user's manual and technical documents. Not only do you know how to use your operating system now, you will be able to understand how your distro works and what exclusive commands that are available on your distro. You will also learn some basic commands of Linux.

Read your technical documents for Ubuntu here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/

Since these forums aren't really for Linux I recommend asking your more technical questions at:
www.linuxquestions.org

They are more helpful since they are a Linux oriented forum. You may also find more information and other answers related to problems with your distro there by using their "search" feature. A lot of people there get ticked off if you ask the same question that is asked a million times a day by newbies. I hardly ask questions because most of the time the answer to your question would be answered already by using the "search" feature. Using the search feature will usually get answers faster than posting and waiting for a reply.

So how do I know as much as I know about Linux? Believe it or not, I read all the technical jargon that I could, especially the user's manuals and wading through the linux questions.org forums reading other problems people had and how to fix them (things like middle mouse wheel scrolling and middle mouse buttons not mapping, video card drivers, DRI). I also read paper books about different distros of Linux and how Linux works and who created it, yada yada yada. If you like tweaking around and messing with operating systems to see what you can do with it then keep using Linux. Otherwise I suggest you give up now if you are not into having headaches, having frustrations, hate reading technical jargon to get X to run (you will know what I mean by X and X Windows when you read the technical jargon ). Some problems might even come up that even more experienced Linux users can't help you fix. You will also have to learn how to update your kernel and compile your own programs if there isn't one compiled already for your version of your distro and your kernel version. I know all this stuff is confusing at first that's why I recommend reading the technical jargon.

As I said, I'm not a guru so I can't help you any further. You must continue your journey without me by reading through books, manuals, forums etc... Have fun !


P.S. We are not mind readers, it would be helpful next time if you could explain fully what you are trying to do then people wouldn't have to give you answers that do not apply to your needs.

The forum covers all operating systems While the linux forums may provide more specific advice, it's good to encourage posting on all topics

Thanks alot guys I didn't know that it was for Linux, i've only used Microsoft Windows O.S.'s and if anyone knows a waythat I can get the password of the administrator please tell me, I was googling the way of knowing how to get the password but that was the closest I could get "I thought".

Why do you need the admin password?

becaue I lost it and I can't remember it...