On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:19:03 -0400 Paul Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for this and other replies...only problem is there does not appear to > be a -net, --net, --net, --network, /net, or /network option for either > /tmp/install/install, /tmp/install/setup, or /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/setup. > Are we all talking about OO1.0? > > Running /tmp/install/install --help returns only five options: > --help > --version > --prefix==PREFIX > --single (since this installs a single user setup, I presume the default is a > network install > --interactive > > To further complicate matters, after deleting /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/ and > reinstalling the program, the program still works for root, but changing the > setuid bit (which previously allowed a normal user to launch the program), > prevents even an aborted launch, i.e., the splash screen never appears. > > HELP!! > Paul > uhmm how 'bout this. reinstall it the ususal way ( yeah delete the installation you have now ) when install it it only works for root, right? ok. go into /opt/ ( that's where you are installing it? ) and then do : chown -R username /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0 ( where 'username' is any regular user) and a : chmod -R +777 /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0 done. try to launch it as user now. HTH Damian ( i didn't exactly follow the whole thread so if you tried this already, sorry for this. ) -- Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk?
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