On 1/25/06, Gary Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do continually empty trash when in my user account. I logon as root > to set-up wireless after I have upgraded to a new kernel. I do this > because the commands do not work even when I su. Is there a major
You need to use the command: $ su - Note the "-" at the end. This gives you root's environment, which includes putting the /sbin and /usr/sbin directories in the path. It's not that the commands didn't work, it is that you didn't tell the shell where to find the commands. If you used the full path, it would work. E.g. "/sbin/ifconfig". In short, use "su -" or login at the console (Ctrl+F[1-6]), but not X windows. > difference between su and sudo. I always figured that su gave you > general root permission that you could then use to run you commands and > sudo gave permission on that just that particular command. Basically. sudo also has means for logging and only giving permissions to certain commands. Also, sudo can be used by normal users without them needing the root password. This is nice for shared user systems. If you are the only user of your system, then it really doesn't matter. Use whichever one is more convenient. Note that with sudo, you must use the full path to the executable if it is not in your user's path. > I typically upgrade from my user account by gaining permission with su > and then running yum. Su works for this but not for commands required > to setup wireless. yum is in the user's path, not in /sbin or /usr/sbin. > Anyway, I "Emptied Trash" when signed in as root and the size is back to > normal. > > Thanks Everyone Glad to hear. You are welcome. Jonathan _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
