Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8
as sridhar pointed out .. the normal install will only be for the user who installed it. ie. if user foo installs it .. only he nor root nor any other user will be able to access it. to allow all users to use star office.. u will have to do it from root.. if i remember correctly su wont work coz u will be using the user's home dir. to enable other users u will have to read the documentation. plus, i believe the open source version www.openoffice.org has put the options u r looking for in the setup. it is now at v6.28 (i think) enjoy - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:19 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8 On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:15:11 +, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All I have a problem that is driving me mad.I tried installing StarOffice 5.2 whilst logged in as root. It works fine when logged in as root but will not work from my user session. I tried altering the permissions but they will not stick. I tried un-installing SO5.2 which it told me it had done. I then tried re-installing but this time from a user session. It then tells me that it is still installed. No matter what I try I can't resolve this problem. Can someone please tell how do I get rid of StarOffice completely so that I can start again and then how can I get it to work from a user session. TIA Stewart There is a flag you need to put on the end of the command to initiate the installation. I think it is -net. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:30:50 +0200, Mohammed Arafa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as sridhar pointed out .. the normal install will only be for the user who installed it. ie. if user foo installs it .. only he nor root nor any other user will be able to access it. That's right. to allow all users to use star office.. u will have to do it from root.. if i remember correctly su wont work coz u will be using the user's home dir. Sorry, but that is not correct. A su to root gives full root privileges on that tty, including use of the root home dir. With su, there is almost _no_ need whatsoever to log in as root. The last time I logged in as root was over six months ago, and that was because I had messed-up my system and I was booting with a rescue disc. An su installation will work fine (that's how I did it). to enable other users u will have to read the documentation. I did a quick search, and I found that the parameter to enable a network installation is /net. plus, i believe the open source version www.openoffice.org has put the options u r looking for in the setup. it is now at v6.28 (i think) Sun is turning the OpenOffice.org code into StarOffice 6 (kind of like how Netscape turns Mozilla into Netscape 6). A StarOffice 6 beta is due out next month. enjoy - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:19 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8 On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:15:11 +, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All I have a problem that is driving me mad.I tried installing StarOffice 5.2 whilst logged in as root. It works fine when logged in as root but will not work from my user session. I tried altering the permissions but they will not stick. I tried un-installing SO5.2 which it told me it had done. I then tried re-installing but this time from a user session. It then tells me that it is still installed. No matter what I try I can't resolve this problem. Can someone please tell how do I get rid of StarOffice completely so that I can start again and then how can I get it to work from a user session. TIA Stewart There is a flag you need to put on the end of the command to initiate the installation. I think it is -net. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8
Hi All I have a problem that is driving me mad.I tried installing StarOffice 5.2 whilst logged in as root. It works fine when logged in as root but will not work from my user session. I tried altering the permissions but they will not stick. I tried un-installing SO5.2 which it told me it had done. I then tried re-installing but this time from a user session. It then tells me that it is still installed. No matter what I try I can't resolve this problem. Can someone please tell how do I get rid of StarOffice completely so that I can start again and then how can I get it to work from a user session. TIA Stewart Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:15:11 +, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All I have a problem that is driving me mad.I tried installing StarOffice 5.2 whilst logged in as root. It works fine when logged in as root but will not work from my user session. I tried altering the permissions but they will not stick. I tried un-installing SO5.2 which it told me it had done. I then tried re-installing but this time from a user session. It then tells me that it is still installed. No matter what I try I can't resolve this problem. Can someone please tell how do I get rid of StarOffice completely so that I can start again and then how can I get it to work from a user session. TIA Stewart There is a flag you need to put on the end of the command to initiate the installation. I think it is -net. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
