Jason Axelson
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:08:58 -0800
I may be missing something, but what is wrong with just using sudo? Jason
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Al Plant <n...@hdk5.net> wrote: > Aloha, > > I want to add network printing to a HP netbook running Ubuntu Linux. The > network is existing and runs on FreeBSD. > > I have tried to make an /etc/printcap file on the netbook but the user needs > sudo to act as root. For some reason I cant make the user su to root then > use vi to create the file. The admin tool on the Ubuntu to set up a printer > is not helpful and I have read all the how to's in Ubuntu and Debian books I > have here to do it from the command line. > > Has anybody setup network printing who could point me to a how to about > using sudo under Linux? I have no problems under ssh and su on remote > FreeBSD servers editing as root. So I must be missing something. > > > ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 > + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + > + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + > < email: n...@hdk5.net > > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol > > _______________________________________________ > l...@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-hosef.org > _______________________________________________ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org