How to change permission in 11.04 version of ubuntu for root in the file system

Question

Recently installed 11.04 version of ubuntu. Wanted to create a folder in the root of the fileSystem, but the persmission was denied. Tried with chown and chmod but no result.

Kindly assist me

Answer 1

use sudo mkdir /yourdir

sudo means, that you will execute this command with root privileges

or use sudo chmod ... same princip