Being a genuine newbie (defecting from MS) I have five basic questions: 1) do I need root rights to install programs? I suppose that it depends on the path of installation - but I am unsure as to how to specify them. Most programs when installed seem to "choose" their paths. I was told that it is dangerous to log on as root - hence I would like to find a way to make ALL my installations logged as a user and not as a root. 2) how can I check the rights of a user? 3) how do I check the status of a variable? for example, I can set "history=220" - but do I check the status of history 4)how do you do an "uninstall" of an installed software. How do I know where all the files were installed? last question: some programs are started by the command ./nameoftheprogram what does this mean? were can I find help on the ./ command? many thanks! _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
