Re: [newbie] su as root in terminal and title

2005-03-10 Thread Antony Paul
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 whi

[newbie] su as root in terminal and title

2005-03-10 Thread Antony Paul
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. -- rgds Antony Paul http://www.geocities.com/antonypaul24/ Want to buy your Pack or Servic

Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast

2003-10-02 Thread Richard Urwin
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,

Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast

2003-10-02 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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 log

Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast

2003-10-02 Thread Charlie M.
-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.

Re: [newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast

2003-10-02 Thread Paul
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

[newbie] SU and Root: compare and contrast

2003-10-02 Thread Max . Benitz
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-06 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:06:01 -0900 tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled playfully: >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)=== >LLaP -- Linux lovers are Perfect

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-05 Thread tester
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*n

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-04 Thread R . Constantine
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.

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-04 Thread Roger Sherman
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 some

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-04 Thread Dennis Myers
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 o

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-04 Thread mike
"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 Se

Re: common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-04 Thread Chris Keelan
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

common acronyms (was Re: [newbie] su)

2002-02-04 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
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]&g

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-04 Thread David Reynolds
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 def

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-04 Thread Geoff Thomas
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 > > Soun

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-04 Thread Geoff Thomas
3, 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 sudd

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-03 Thread Hal Wigoda
First do a df and see if any of your file systems are out of space. > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1ACC0.ECC1B2A0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I've been using su t

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-03 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Sunday 03 February 2002 02:41 pm, 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 Is your '/' partition full? -- Gerald Waugh Registered Linux User 255245 Register at http://counter.l

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-03 Thread Dennis Myers
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 > ch

Re: [newbie] su

2002-02-03 Thread Ronald J. Hall
> 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 fi

[newbie] su

2002-02-03 Thread Geoff Thomas
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

Re: [newbie] su not found?

2001-10-04 Thread Christian Dysthe
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 wh

[newbie] su not found?

2001-10-03 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I am running Mandrake 8.0 but I have KDE 2.2.1 running. When I right click on the time in the KDE panel and select "Adjust Time and Date" I am asked to put in the root password. But when I do I get the message: "The program su is not found. Make sure your path is set correctly". I know tha

Re: [newbie] SU .. was Will Ximian install fix Gnome?

2001-09-21 Thread civileme
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 its

Re: [newbie] su-incorrect password

2001-08-15 Thread Peter Watson
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

[newbie] su-incorrect password

2001-08-14 Thread Scott Olfert
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

Re: [newbie] su problem

2001-06-27 Thread Peter Ruskin
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

Re: [newbie] su problem

2001-06-26 Thread Ross Slade
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 =

Re: [newbie] su problem

2001-06-26 Thread Ross Slade
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

Re: [newbie] su problem

2001-06-26 Thread Dennis M.
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 > > > Sorry, but I'm

Re: [newbie] su problem

2001-06-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
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

[newbie] SU FIND

2001-06-02 Thread D. Hoyem
If I use the SU file manger to do a find for a file I have noticed that it runs and runs and runs. I know that there are a lots of files in Mandrake 8.0 but 30 plus minutes and still going strong? Has anyonr else had this problem? Thanks Don __

Re: [newbie] SU

2001-05-08 Thread Petre Daniel
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 Roman

Re: [newbie] SU

2001-05-08 Thread Randy Kramer
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

[newbie] SU

2001-05-08 Thread Delagarza, Gilbert
Does anybody know how I can change my ID on a Linux workstation to be equivalent to root or close to it?  

Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon

2000-11-16 Thread Paul
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 tha

Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon

2000-11-16 Thread kneiper
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 >>

Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon

2000-11-16 Thread Peter Heusel
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 > N

Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon

2000-11-16 Thread xaos
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

[newbie] su for desktop icon

2000-11-16 Thread kneiper
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'