On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> > >
> > > Nah, damned typu Mark, shoulda been GParted.  Sorry bout that. :(
> > > Now I am trying to convince amrecover to extract the /home/gene/src,
> > > and /home/gene/linuxcnc directory trees. But the "tape-server" is
> > > refusing the connection.  Probably a missfire in the master perms
> > > file because I'm running amrecover as root.  Bad dog, no biscuit.
> > > And a case of where not having a real root account is a PIMA.
> > >
> > > Thanks Mark.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> >
> > That's easy to fix.  Type sudo passwd root, and set the root password.
> > The you can su to root and run to program from the command line.
> >
> > Mark
>
> That opens its own can of worms, so in such a case I use sudo -i so I stay
> root till a control-d is issued.
>
> Thanks Mark.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>


Okey doke.  I guess I'm just so used to being a sysadmin on both Unix and
Linux for so long, I'd rather be root for some things than have to use the
sudo command.

Mark
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