Re: [newbie] su as root in terminal and title
I didnt mean to change to root directory. rgds Antony Paul On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:23:37 -0800, Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 10 March 2005 11:20 pm, Antony Paul wrote: Hi all, When su as root in terminal window user name in title is not changing to root while for suing other users it do changes. I want to change it. cd / -- rgds Antony Paul http://www.geocities.com/antonypaul24/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 21:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone said yesterday All of these commands need to be run as super user or root These are two terms with the same meaning, right? Yes. -- I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. -Abraham Lincoln http://www.nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 2, 2003 01:44 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone said yesterday All of these commands need to be run as super user or root These are two terms with the same meaning, right? Thanks, Max Hi Max; Similar but not quite the same. Super user runs sudo root authority to ease system administration tasks while staying (sorta kinda in a way) in the user realm. There are still some tasks however that require true root level permissions. To make things as simple as possible: from user space if you open a terminal and type su then supply the root password at the prompt you'll be running as super user from whatever directory the terminal was started from. If you type su - then the password however, you'll notice that the resulting prompt is at root. True root, full permissions and access, nearly all system level tasks and applications available, with concurrent ability to destroy your installation with inadvertent whoopsies. You can also use su username to run as any other user on the system as long as you have the password. Remember that 'nix was never designed to prevent us from doing dumb things; but to allow us to have the full power and flexibility of the operating system, and you should be fine. Hopefully. (-; Maybe I shouldn't have posted this, or the statement I did yesterday, but hey it's your system. g Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 14:05:41 up 12 days, 3:26, 1 user, load average: 0.57, 0.45, 0.29 The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/fIkJG11CaRuZZSIRAlenAJ9sR4bdSZZ6nMyZiwg1Zet52vgpaQCfZZBD e1pR1ls2uHYD3/2C2HMLgXg= =hJJw -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 05:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone said yesterday All of these commands need to be run as super user or root These are two terms with the same meaning, right? Thanks, Max Yes and no. Logging into a system as root is NOT a good idea - ever. You can login as a normal user, and then su to do stuff root needs to do...but even logging in as root is a bad thing...although, I have to say, I do it often on a few machines here and there - but essentially, that's for a particular purpose/reason/stupidity on my part... Just about everything and anything you could ever possibly want to do as root you can do as yourself...just a matter of getting familiar with how to do it and then sticking with the process. stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Don't panic. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast
On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 8:22 pm, Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 2, 2003 01:44 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone said yesterday All of these commands need to be run as super user or root These are two terms with the same meaning, right? Thanks, Max Hi Max; Similar but not quite the same. Super user runs sudo root authority to ease system administration tasks while staying (sorta kinda in a way) in the user realm. There are still some tasks however that require true root level permissions. I might be being picky, but the only difference between sudo and su is that sudo doesn't set the PATH environment variable. You still get all the rights and dangers. In fact you get a few more, because root normally doesn't have the current directory on the PATH, to avoid running trojans. You don't get /sbin and /usr/sbin added to the PATH with sudo, so you have to give the full path to programs that reside there. You *can* set up sudo to only allow a limited set of commands to be run, but IMHO it'd be a pain to do so on the administrator's normal-user account. Until kernel 2.6 is released there is only one root permission set, and both su and sudo give you the whole thing. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su) OT
On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:06:01 -0900 tester [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled playfully: snippage Ummm IANAL, and I am very happy not to be! = Not fair civileme; it's 99% of all lawyers who give the rest a bad name! ;o)=== snip LLaP -- Linux lovers are Perfect Live Long and Prosper?? :-) Mike -- Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. --John Adams _ 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: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
Chris Keelan wrote: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:03:33 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk HTH - Hope That Helps FWIW - For What It's Worth IANAL - I am not a lawyer (always followed by but...) - C Ummm IANAL, and I am very happy not to be! RTFM--read the fine material available NFTFAH--not for the faint at heart LLaP -- Linux lovers are Perfect FUD -- Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt BSOD -- Blue Screen of Death, a sometimes occurrence in one of the OSes from the Dark Side OS -- Operating System Dark Side -- Non-free software, software patents, DMCA and other fictions to make lawyers and businessmen rich from the work of software developers. DMCA -- Digital Millenium Copyright Act--a 1998 U.S. Law that greatly extends copyright protection (into some areas traditionally occupied by fair use) and makes web site hosts potentially responsible as co-infringers for sites that violate copyright. There is a belief that it violates free speech and due process and there are already suits against it. UCITA -- A hundred-plus page proposed law before many state legislatures and passed by a few which 1) Allows a company to charge high interest and apply recurring charges to your credit card used over the internet without full disclosure, and to bill any reissued cards. 2) Makes some strictures on how software companies may behave in the matter of warranties and gives their license agreements the full force and effect of law, thereby permitting them to prohibit reverse engineering to make a data import program from any competing proprietary or free software (basically allowing the vendor to lock all data you make with his programs to his programs alone in perpetuity.) Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su
I did. Found a fix, by editing the /etc/security/limits.conf by adding two zero's to the limit. Not sure what IIRC is. Thanks. Geoff Thomas - Original Message - From: Fr Kipling Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] su * Geoff Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [03 Feb 02 14:51]: I've been using su to change to root for admin. tasks. Suddenly it won't work and it says file limit is exceeded. What gives? Did you perchance suddenly install Bastille-linux (firewall?) it defaults to shutting off su's IIRC Kipling Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su
Thanks, it worked great. The file is /etc/security/limits.conf. But by increasing the file limit to a higher number, is a log file somewhere getting bigger and bigger? G Thomas - Original Message - From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] su Geoff Thomas wrote: I've been using su to change to root for admin. tasks. Suddenly it won't work and it says file limit is exceeded. What gives? GT Sounds like you just installed Bastille and picked that option. You can change a line in the Bastille configuration file that limits file sizes. Sorry, I can't remember the exact line. Best bet is to go to Mandrakes home page, then to mailing lists, then pick the archives and do a search on bastille...this has come up a couple of times so you should be able to find it pretty easily. Hope this helps! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su
On Monday 04 February 2002 04:11 pm, Geoff Thomas wrote: I did. Found a fix, by editing the /etc/security/limits.conf by adding two zero's to the limit. Not sure what IIRC is. Formatting casualty. *grin* It reads as, Did you perchance suddenly install Bastille-linux, the firewall? It defaults to shutting off SUs, if I recall correctly. www.acronymfinder.com is a wealth of useless information. Cheers, David Reynolds -- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, write a sonnet, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Robert Heinlein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk what else? hmmnnn. On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:11:58 -0500 Geoff Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] revealed these words to me: I did. Found a fix, by editing the /etc/security/limits.conf by adding two zero's to the limit. Not sure what IIRC is. Thanks. Geoff Thomas - Original Message - From: Fr Kipling Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] su * Geoff Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [03 Feb 02 14:51]: I've been using su to change to root for admin. tasks. Suddenly it won't work and it says file limit is exceeded. What gives? Did you perchance suddenly install Bastille-linux (firewall?) it defaults to shutting off su's IIRC Kipling Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:03:33 -0500: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, Anuerin G. Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] transmitted: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk HTH - Hope That Helps FWIW - For What It's Worth IANAL - I am not a lawyer (always followed by but...) - C Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk what else? hmmnnn. What is this AWAIK or something like that. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
On Monday 04 February 2002 20:01, you wrote: Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk what else? hmmnnn. What is this AWAIK or something like that. Mike AFAIK- as far as I know. And that is about as far as you can throw me. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, mike wrote: Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk what else? hmmnnn. What is this AWAIK or something like that. AFAIK is As Far As I Know Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)
AFAIK-as far as I know On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 20:01, mike wrote: Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: IIRC - If I Remember/Recall Correctly YMMV - Your Mileage Migh Vary RTFM - Read the F**k*ng Manual STFW - Surf the F**k*ng Web DAYOR - Do At Your Own Risk what else? hmmnnn. What is this AWAIK or something like that. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [newbie] su
Geoff Thomas wrote: I've been using su to change to root for admin. tasks. Suddenly it won't work and it says file limit is exceeded. What gives? GT Sounds like you just installed Bastille and picked that option. You can change a line in the Bastille configuration file that limits file sizes. Sorry, I can't remember the exact line. Best bet is to go to Mandrakes home page, then to mailing lists, then pick the archives and do a search on bastille...this has come up a couple of times so you should be able to find it pretty easily. Hope this helps! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su
On Sunday 03 February 2002 14:15, you wrote: Geoff Thomas wrote: I've been using su to change to root for admin. tasks. Suddenly it won't work and it says file limit is exceeded. What gives? GT Sounds like you just installed Bastille and picked that option. You can change a line in the Bastille configuration file that limits file sizes. Sorry, I can't remember the exact line. Best bet is to go to Mandrakes home page, then to mailing lists, then pick the archives and do a search on bastille...this has come up a couple of times so you should be able to find it pretty easily. Hope this helps! I think if you go to this file: /etc/security/limits.conf and change the line that shows 1 by adding 1 or 2 more zeros, that should solve your file limit problem. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su
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Re: [newbie] su not found?
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 11:50 pm, you wrote: | Try going to a terminal and typing su. If the command is found, you | should get prompted for a root password. If not, something sinister is | afoot. I do have su. I use it all the time. It seems like KDE can't find it, and I am wondering why. -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SU .. was Will Ximian install fix Gnome?
On Friday 21 September 2001 12:42, etharp wrote: On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I assume that by localhost you mean the login prompt. If so, you need to log in as root, not su. su is a console command which stands for switch user; it is not a user in itself. Ummm, not that it matters but it actually originates with SetUid (set User ID), the name of a libc function. Most of these cryptic looking names have a simple origin. (Note to prospective authors--book opportunity--Unixspeak (category Humor)) Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su-incorrect password
I had this as well . I think it is to do with security levels because on a lower level I can su okay. petew On Thursday 16 August 2001 05:32, Scott Olfert wrote: Hey guys, wondering if you can help me w/ this problem. I've searched for an answer, but i couldn't seem to find much of one. When trying to su from my user account to root, i get incorrect password error. However, i am certain that the root password i'm entering is correct, as i can log in under root if i logout/login. Any ideas? Thanks, scott Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Peter Watson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] su problem
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
Problem solved. I won't pretend to understand the hows or why's, but I finally
located this file:
/root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
With a 100meg file size. After deleting it I can now 'su' again.
rosco = my usual user name
bunyip = my machine's name
Thanks to all for the help...
-
su -
Password:
File size limit exceeded
Not sure what the cause is, but logging out, restarting the X
/etc/security/limits.conf has a 100mb file size limit
# limit size of any one of users' files to 100mb
* hardfsize 10
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] su problem
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Ross Slade wrote:
Problem solved. I won't pretend to understand the hows or why's, but I finally
located this file:
/root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
With a 100meg file size. After deleting it I can now 'su' again.
rosco = my usual user name
bunyip = my machine's name
Thanks to all for the help...
Sorry, I was a little quick off the mark with my success...the above allowed
me to 'su' when logged in as root, but not when I relogged in as rosco.
I then had to also delete /home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
which also had a 100Meg filesize.
_Now_ I can go back to using 'su' the way I used to.
Anyone know what these files do and why they get so big?
-Ross
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Re: [newbie] su problem
On Wednesday 27 June 2001 07:58, Ross Slade wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Ross Slade wrote: Problem solved. I won't pretend to understand the hows or why's, but I finally located this file: /root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 With a 100meg file size. After deleting it I can now 'su' again. rosco = my usual user name bunyip = my machine's name Thanks to all for the help... Sorry, I was a little quick off the mark with my success...the above allowed me to 'su' when logged in as root, but not when I relogged in as rosco. I then had to also delete /home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 which also had a 100Meg filesize. _Now_ I can go back to using 'su' the way I used to. Anyone know what these files do and why they get so big? On my machine the equivalent of /root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 doesn't exist - its directory does. My equivalent of /home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 is only 34 bytes. HTH -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ) Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586 Linux 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, KDE: 2.1.2, Qt: 2.3.1 Uptime 2 days 1 hour 40 minutes
Re: [newbie] su problem
On Monday 25 June 2001 09:30 pm, Ross Slade wrote: I've neved seen this before... - su - Password: File size limit exceeded I got the same error recently just after upgrading KDE2alpha2 rpms. I errantly quit the Xterm I was using to upgrade the rpms, and when I started another, it wouldn't let me su to root to run rpm --rebuilddb and update-menus -v. Not sure what the cause is, but logging out, restarting the X server, logging back into KDE solved the problem. 'Course that's necessary, often sevral times after a KDE upgrade anyhow. I've been using Linux for several years and that's the first time I got that error, so I suspect it's KDE2-Xterm related. /etc/security/limits.conf has a 100mb file size limit # limit size of any one of users' files to 100mb * hardfsize 10 but I don't believe it's related to the su error, and I didn't need to change that to solve the problem. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] su problem
On Monday 25 June 2001 23:37, you wrote: On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Dennis M. wrote: On Monday 25 June 2001 22:30, you wrote: I've neved seen this before... - su - Password: File size limit exceeded -Ross snip Sorry, but I'm missing something here. I'm trying to log in as su...I don't see what that would have to do with the firewall or file sizes? I enter su - (or just su) It asks for Password: I give it the password for root. It responds File size limit exceeded I've searched the list archive for the above response and I found only one reference, and that related to Squid. Thanks... -Ross (the confused) Didn't mean to confuse you. The file size is a limit put on by Bastille to keep unauthorized crackers and such from accessing through the super user permissions. Bastille release candidate 3 (I believe) had something going on in its scripts such that once some files reached a certain size it would disable the su function. You will find that if you logoff and then login as root you can do what ever it is you were trying to do. So the solution is to change the file size allowed in /etc/Bastille/config or run InteractiveBastille as I indicated before and deselect the option to limit file sizes. If you initially set it up with the tinyfirewall selection or what ever it was called then that is the same as Bastille, just a default configuration. Also I did not disable the suidusernetctrl or any of the other suid choices, since my LAN is a small 4 computer system. the answer to disable suid usernetctl=N the answer to configureMiscPam.limitsconf=N Also, I would go to the Bastille web page and down load the final release on that page. Uninstall the old bastille and Install the newer one as directed on the web page. I have tested the firewall on a couple of the linux probe ports sites and it will lock down tight and show no ports open. A good start on security. For what it's worth, now it's up to you. -- Dennis M. registered Linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] SU
Delagarza, Gilbert wrote: Does anybody know how I can change my ID on a Linux workstation to be equivalent to root or close to it? Sorry, I may be misunderstanding your question, but won't su do what you want? (If not, do you really want to change the UID for your user account to some low number like 1 or something? If so, I'm too much of a newbie to help you, and I'm not sure what it would do for you.) Hope this helps, Randy Kramer
Re: [newbie] SU
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Delagarza, Gilbert wrote: Does anybody know how I can change my ID on a Linux workstation to be equivalent to root or close to it? to create a user equiv to root try this /usr/sbin/adduser admin -g 0 -u 0 that means a user with gid and uid 0 -- Petre Daniel Romanian Whitehat Phone:+4093591346
Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon
On Thursday 16 November 2000 20:46, some strange person did etch this in stone: Got gtoaster up and running. Works fine from the command line after I log in as su. Is there any way to modify my desktop icon to open gtoaster as su? Mike Riffle the command shoulr read... "kdesu -c gtoaster" -x -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244
Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, you wrote: Got gtoaster up and running. Works fine from the command line after I log in as su. Is there any way to modify my desktop icon to open gtoaster as su? Mike Riffle Morgantown, WV USA http://web.mountain.net/~kneiper/rifrak.htm Montani Semper Liberi NRA NMLRA Friends of Fort Frederick Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation You need to modify the execute command of the desktop icon to 'kdesu -c gtoaster' If this doesn't work, checkout the Mandrake homepage and lookup their tutorial section. There is a specific tutorial for gtoaster. The first part has to do with a bug in 7.0 which is corrected in 7.1, but the rest has to do with properly configuring gtoaster as a desktop icon.
Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon
At 09:37 PM 11/16/2000 -0500, you wrote: On Thursday 16 November 2000 20:46, some strange person did etch this in stone: Got gtoaster up and running. Works fine from the command line after I log in as su. Is there any way to modify my desktop icon to open gtoaster as su? Mike Riffle the command shoulr read... "kdesu -c gtoaster" -x -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244 Thank you, kind sir or madam... Mike Riffle Morgantown, WV USA http://web.mountain.net/~kneiper/rifrak.htm Montani Semper Liberi NRA NMLRA Friends of Fort Frederick Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation
Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got gtoaster up and running. Works fine from the command line after I log in as su. Is there any way to modify my desktop icon to open gtoaster as su? Mike Riffle kdesu -c "gtoaster" You can also make a group cdwiter (as is there in 7.2), give that permission to the cdwriter, and add yourself to the group. Then you can burn cd's as yourself. Paul -- We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is- Fatal Exception Error in MSBORG32.DLL http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
