- oh, and as a standard retort:

- most folks upgrade to os2008 right away

a side note: (i have several n800s... the one i use most right now is os2007, with apps and settings tweaked to my satisfaction - i could never upgrade it again and i'd be happy with it the way it is; the other is flashed to os2008, but i anticipate an os2008 upgrade in the upcoming months, so i'm not going to spend a lot of time futzing with it - it's more for experimentation)...

- next, install osso-xterm

- next, install openSSH

- you can then simply become root by ssh'ing to localhost

- otherwise, install the 'becomeroot' package...

(i've used both, and i find becomeroot a tad easier, but both will work)