right on Bro.
Dacia
--- Abe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, I've got the same thing set up. Here's the
> steps:
>
> 1. become root
> 2. in roots home directory open the file
> ~/.bash_logout with the text editor
> of your choice
> 3. add the line imwheel -k
> 4. save the file
>
> This should kill the imwheel process that belongs to
> root as you log out of
> root which will make the imwheel.pid file that
> belongs to root go away. When
> you log in as yourself, imwheel will either start
> again automatically or you
> may have to add an imwheel run command to your
> autostart folder.
>
> This is a sort of quick and dirty answer to this
> problem that my sister Dacia
> worked out and shared with me. I'm sure there is a
> better way. I'm just not
> experienced enough to know it.
>
>
> Abe
>
>
> >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =====
> >On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> >> I had this problem and I just put imwheel -k in
> roots
> >> bash logout file in root's home directory. Not
> pretty
> >> I guess but it works.
> >>
> >> Dacia
> >
> >I thought there would be solution like that. How
> exactly do you do that. I
> >found roots bash logout file. All it contains is:
> >
> ># ~/.bash_logout
> >
> >clear
> >
> >
> >What "exactly" do you put in that file and where?
> This is a newbie here!
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >--
> >Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Registered Linux User 348854
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> --- Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > This is very basic but I am having trouble
> figuring
> >> > it out.
> >> >
> >> > There is a program called imwheel that produces
> a
> >> > file called
> >> > /tmp/imwheel.pid. If I start it as a user I
> can
> >> > overwrite imwheel.pid
> >> > (which I need to do at boot up). If I happen
> to
> >> > start imwheel as root, when
> >> > I boot again as a user, I cannot overwrite the
> >> > imwheel.pid produced by root
> >> > unless I become su to delete it first.
> >> >
> >> > Is there a way to force imwheel to produce an
> >> > imwheel.pid that can be
> >> > overwritten by any user? How?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you.
> >> >
> >> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > Registered Linux user 183185
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Registered Linux User 348854
>
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>
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