Re: [Xastir] Running Xastir as Root under Ubuntu 8.04 & How to Run as Standard User (Working Now)

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Weilbacher
Bob & Curt, Thank you both very much! All I had to do was run xastir& from a standard terminal prompt and the system built all the required files under my /home directory. I am really enjoying the program. My next challenge is to figure out how to get the alert sounds to work. Mike - WB9CLN On S

Re: [Xastir] Running Xastir as Root under Ubuntu 8.04 & How to Run as Standard User

2008-10-12 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, Bob Nielsen wrote: You should be able to do it just like with any other Linux distro: sudo mv /root/.xastir /home/newuser sudo chown -R newuser.newuser /home/newuser/.xastir Not necessary. If his files are getting generated in /root then he's starting Xastir from a root

Re: [Xastir] Running Xastir as Root under Ubuntu 8.04 & How to Run as Standard User

2008-10-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
You should be able to do it just like with any other Linux distro: sudo mv /root/.xastir /home/newuser sudo chown -R newuser.newuser /home/newuser/.xastir Bob, N7XY On Oct 11, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Michael Weilbacher wrote: I installed Xastir binary per the instructions HowTo:Ubuntu/Debian. I sta

[Xastir] Running Xastir as Root under Ubuntu 8.04 & How to Run as Standard User

2008-10-12 Thread Michael Weilbacher
I installed Xastir binary per the instructions HowTo:Ubuntu/Debian. I started Xastir using the xastir& command. It is up and working more or less but I see all the files and logs are under /root/.xastir See directory listing below. I am somewhat familiar how to copy and change file access under Lin

[Xastir] Running Xastir as Root under Ubuntu 8.04 & How to Run as Standard User

2008-10-12 Thread Michael Weilbacher
I installed Xastir binary per the instructions HowTo:Ubuntu/Debian. I started Xastir using the xastir& command. It is up and working more or less but I see all the files and logs are under /root/.xastir See directory listing below. I am somewhat familiar how to copy and change file access under Lin