MikroTik

I have tried to install "The Dude" under Codeweavers crossover. I have got it going but cannot ping anything.
The documentation says I need to run as root - I am not sure I can do this with Crossover - The documentation
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Dude_Linux_Installation mentions "you should start the Dude from the root user
(or delegate some permissions to your regular user)" But does not elaborate on what permissions should be delegated and how

You can run a process as root, login as root, and runing the process. You can access to root level, by runing

[mylinux]# su -

from your unprivileged user. The prompt will ask you for a password. In root mode, run the desired program, and it will run with root privileges. If you don't have the root password (Ubuntu don´t support natively the root account), you can access to root level by runing

[mylinux]# sudo su

This can be done only from unpriviledged users, that can run procesess (the su process), with some privileges. If you can run this, create a root password with

[mylinux]# passwd

So you will not have problems in the future, accessing to root level.