Unlocking user folders

[yotah8r]

Hello all, new to the forum. Looked around a bit, but didn't see any posts quite like my problem. A couple years ago, I had an iBook G4, after various charger and battery problems, I gave up on it. Got it fixed after a while, only to have my son accidentally jerk it to the floor breaking it completely. So, I parted it out, and kept the hard drive. While I don't have a Mac machine right now, I can access the HD with an IDE-USB adapter using Ubuntu. The problem comes in here: There was 2 users set up on the iBook. Myself, and my wife. While I can access a lot of stuff on it, there are three or four folders that are locked and I don't have permission to access. Anyone know how to get access to these files? Sorry for the long read, but thanks in advance.
Kelly

 

[Eidorian]

I had problems reading HFS+ volumes in Ubuntu after certain path depths. This was on external hard drives that were only used for storage.

 

[yotah8r]

I can see everything fine, but there are certain user folders that are locked, because I don't have certain "privileges". And even on the top right of the icon is a little 'X'.

 

[merl1n]

I can see everything fine, but there are certain user folders that are locked, because I don't have certain "privileges". And even on the top right of the icon is a little 'X'.

You can't do it as a "user", but you can access them if you become the "root user".

 

[yotah8r]

You can't do it as a "user", but you can access them if you become the "root user".

Even when it is accessed as an external HD?

I forgot to mention that I was trying to access this from a Windows PS running Ubuntu.