[newbie] Installations under root

2001-11-04 Thread Robert
My question is when I install RPM packages is this installed through the system such as security and fixes along with lets say I install a plugin for Netscape for Flash Player all of the accounts with Netscape will have the plugin? If I add XMMs through root will this also be in my regular

Re: [newbie] Installations under root

2001-11-04 Thread Michael D. Viron
Yes, all programs, unless permissions specifically prohibit it, can be used by any user on the system. For audio with a user, make sure that the user is a part of the 'audio' group in /etc/group -- if not, then add the account to the audio group, otherwise the non-root user will not be able to