On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 16:28, Jim Cheetham wrote: > Yes - but only the actual "installing a new application" action needs to > be carried out as root.
Agreed. > You're in MDK, so I don't know the name of the GUI package installer > you're using, but I'm confident that it knows this rule too, and will > prompt for a suitable password[1] before the actual installation stage. Yes. That's exactly what I expected it to do and it didn't. Other things have prompted me. Either way it's moot because I've got everything done now. I was simply providing some feed back. > If it doesn't, you can definately urpmi from the commandline as root, > with something like :- > $ sudo urpmi --install <pkg> > Your password: > > If sudo isn't in use, the fallback is su :- > $ su -c urpmi --install <pkg> > Root password: > > [1] Either root's pw, or yours (if sudo or some other priv escalation > tool is in use). sudo is a new command to me. (again, just a comment, I'll man it if I want to know more). su I knew of and use quite a bit. > > Dear Don, The reason you should use Linux rather than using M$ is > > because it doesn't insult your intelegence and lets you have control of > > your computer... > > Some of your questions are interesting and the answers would benefit > lots of onlookers. I will try to answer those clearly and accurately. > Others are pointless whining and posturing. I try only to insult the > intelligence of people who are a challenge. This really is a bar room conversation and not a list topic so I'll leave it untill we meet again. Thanks for your help Cheers Don
