On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 09:57:25AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > Then, after it was decided to separate root and unprivileged user > commands, the decision, *after much discussion*, was to simply insert > the one line "Now, as the root user", where appropriate. > > Now, considering this, how is it that the first line "is actually > wrong"?
CC'ing -dev Poor choice of words on my part, undoubtedly. ;) But I'll try to reiterate, (and for those new to the thread I'll repost with main area of confusion). >From the postfix page: ---- Install Postfix by running the following commands: make Now, as the root user: <..> ---- In text mode this is much less confusing, but in the book where each grey box of commands appears isolated from other commands, it looks like we are installing with the make command. It might be more clear to say: Compile <package-name> by running the following commands: make Now, as the root user, install <package-name> with the following commands: <..> -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
