On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:30:50 +0200, "Mohammed Arafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> as sridhar pointed out .. the normal install will only be for the user who
> installed it.
> ie. if user foo installs it .. only he nor root nor any other user will be
> able to access it.
That's right.
> to allow all users to use star office.. u will have to do it from root.. if
> i remember correctly su wont work coz u will be using the user's home dir.
Sorry, but that is not correct. A su to root gives full root privileges on that
tty, including use of the root home dir. With su, there is almost _no_ need
whatsoever to log in as root. The last time I logged in as root was over six
months ago, and that was because I had messed-up my system and I was booting
with a rescue disc.
An su installation will work fine (that's how I did it).
> to enable other users u will have to read the documentation.
I did a quick search, and I found that the parameter to enable a network
installation is "/net".
> plus, i believe the open source version www.openoffice.org has put the
> options u r looking for in the setup. it is now at v6.28 (i think)
Sun is turning the OpenOffice.org code into StarOffice 6 (kind of like how
Netscape turns Mozilla into Netscape 6). A StarOffice 6 beta is due out next
month.
> enjoy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Staroffice 5.2 and M8
>
>
> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:15:11 +0000, Stewart Taylor
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I have a problem that is driving me mad.I tried installing StarOffice
> 5.2
> > > whilst logged in as root. It works fine when logged in as root but will
> not
> > > work from my user session. I tried altering the permissions but they
> will not
> > > stick. I tried un-installing SO5.2 which it told me it had done. I then
> tried
> > > re-installing but this time from a user session. It then tells me that
> it is
> > > still installed. No matter what I try I can't resolve this problem. Can
> > > someone please tell how do I get rid of StarOffice completely so that I
> can
> > > start again and then how can I get it to work from a user session.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Stewart
> >
> > There is a flag you need to put on the end of the command to initiate the
> > installation. I think it is "-net".
--
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