Re: Problems with 32 bit Jessie and Mate DE

[Jape Person <japers@comcast.net>]

On 06/16/2015 02:08 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I just did a clean install of Jessie w Mate DE
>
> 1. How do I use file manager with root privileges?

man pkexec

Or you could invoke the file manager via gksu. That application 
(gksu) is probably not installed by default with your DE.

I probably don't need to warn you to be careful. Very careful.

> 2. How do I manually (no network physically available) reset the
> clock?

man date

Look at the -s or --set option.