That is not the official statement or any thing. It is just the only logical reason for using "sudo su".
On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 10:57 -0600, Nick Wiltshire wrote:
On Thursday 20 April 2006 10:31 am, Roy Souther wrote: > You tried "sudo su" from a terminal and that did not work? > That's not good. I rely on that when I use any live CD. I never tried sudo su...I tried su but apparently the user "gentoo" it logs you in as is not in the wheel group, making su a nono. sudo su seems like an oxy moron...lol. Why would they deny me access to use su then put me as a sudoer to run su? Hmmm... At any rate, I've proceeded with knoppix and added another CD to my new chair (see link elsewhere in this thread) > > Have you tried Mepis or Knoppix? I like to use the USB home directory > feature of Knoppix, it works great. > > And as for "what good is" it well for a coaster of course, because we > all need more coasters. > > On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 01:28 -0600, Nick Wiltshire wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm not sure if the Gentoo guys were on drugs, or if I'm over tired, but > > I can't for the life of me gain root access using the live cd. What good > > is a live installation cd that doesn't allow me to do anything? > > > > Am I missing something here? > > > > Nick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > Royce Souther > www.SiliconTao.com > Let Open Source help your business move beyond. > > For security this message is digitally authenticated by GnuPG. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
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