Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread Robert T. Yu
--- Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 18 March 2005 10:52, Robert T. Yu wrote: > > > Yes > > > Put the text > > > no-clean (or it may be 'noclean' I can never > > > remember) > > > on a line between the first

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread Robert T. Yu
Now, I hope I'm not being too ambiguous, but do I have to login as root for things like configuring Samba and programming? === Main Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School/work-related Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please make sure you're using the right mail! __

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread Robert T. Yu
Thank you for the answer and I hope I am not overstaying my welcome. If I were to do something like configuring Samba shares, do I have to login or SU as root? I figure that because I need to alter the smb.conf file. === Main Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School/work-related Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pl

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread Robert T. Yu
Another question: when I su as root, does root priveleges apply only within the terminal or the operating system as a whole? === Main Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School/work-related Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please make sure you're using the right mail!

Re: [newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread Robert T. Yu
> Yes > Put the text > no-clean (or it may be 'noclean' I can never > remember) > on a line between the first set of {}in the file > /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg You mean typing (--noclean) like so? === Main Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School/work-related Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please make sure you're us

[newbie] A question about RPMDrake

2005-03-18 Thread Robert T. Yu
Since urpmi has a feature to keep updated packages in a cache directory for later, does RPMDrake adopt this feature as well? Thank you. === Main Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School/work-related Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please make sure you're using the right mail!