Andrei,
1) Typically, yes.
2) Users don't have rights; files have permissions.
Do a "ls -l" (no quotes) to see who has permission
to read, write, or execute the files in your
current directory.
3) echo $HISTSIZE
4) rpm -e package.name
You don't need to know where all the files are. :-)
5) In ./file, the dot means "the current directory".
So ./file means "run 'file' from this directory."
Miark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrei Raevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:55 PM
Subject: [newbie] installation, rights & uninstall 101
> 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!
>
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