On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry for thease dumb questions but here we go anyway...
>
> 1) how do I run a program in bacjkround? like running in an x terminal
> another program and still having the terminal?
>
Run the program from the command-line and append an ampersand ("&") to it.
Use the jobs and the kill commands to control it.
> 2) how do I make a user account without any password? I want to make a user,
> that will log-in no matter what password it will give.
>
Usually it's not a good idea, but in any case, you can leave the password
field in /etc/passwd blank for this user.
> thanks - diego
>
And next time post such questions to gnubies-il:
http://www.iglu.org.il/mailing-lists/gnubies-il.html
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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