Re: a single command

1997-12-26 Thread Jeffrey Velez
Just use rm -R (directory name) Where directory name, put the name of the directory. --- Jeffrey Velez * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://jvelez2.med.miami.edu UM, MNS * 165 Dominion Garage * Miami, FL 33136 * 305/243-3664 On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote: Is there a command to

a single command

1997-12-25 Thread Aaron Walker
Is there a command to delete all files and subdirectories within a directory. For example, I have the directory apps in my home directory. Lets says apps has 7 files and 2 directories. With one command, how can I delete the apps directory and all its contents. I looked at the man page but didn't

Re: a single command

1997-12-25 Thread Alex Yukhimets
Is there a command to delete all files and subdirectories within a directory. For example, I have the directory apps in my home directory. Lets says apps has 7 files and 2 directories. With one command, how can I delete the apps directory and all its contents. I looked at the man page but

Re: a single command

1997-12-25 Thread Adam Klein
On Wed, Dec 24, 1997 at 10:10:35PM -0500, Aaron Walker wrote: Is there a command to delete all files and subdirectories within a directory. For example, I have the directory apps in my home directory. Lets says apps has 7 files and 2 directories. With one command, how can I delete the apps

Re: a single command

1997-12-25 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Is there a command to delete all files and subdirectories within a directory. For example, I have the directory apps in my home directory. Lets says apps has 7 files and 2 directories. With one command, how can I delete the apps directory and all its contents. I looked at the man page but

RE: How do I allow users to run a single command as root?

1996-08-19 Thread Casper BodenCummins
-Cummins. -- From: Rob Browning[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 August 1996 16:25 To:debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc:The recipient's address is unknown. Subject: Re: How do I allow users to run a single command as root? Casper BodenCummins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What you

Re: How do I allow users to run a single command as root?

1996-08-19 Thread Rob Browning
Casper BodenCummins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (a) packages which control superuser execution are not generally found in distributed commercial UNICES (and how many sysadmins have the time or the inclination to seek out these packages?); Hmm, I hadn't thought about that. Ok,

How do I allow users to run a single command as root?

1996-08-16 Thread Tim O'Brien
I've written a few scripts to automatically connect to my ISP, which has several incoming lines. What I'd like to do is make these scripts so that the user running them does not have to be root. I've tried changing the permissions to rwx__x__x, still owned by root, but it doesn't do the job. I

Re: How do I allow users to run a single command as root?

1996-08-16 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim O'Brien) writes: Any ideas on how to accomplish this? I tried reading the man pages, but su (which I think is what I would need to use) is not exactly what I'd call well documented. su will only work if you want to give the users the root password (not a good

RE: How do I allow users to run a single command as root?

1996-08-16 Thread Casper BodenCummins
To:debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc:The recipient's address is unknown. Subject: How do I allow users to run a single command as root? I've written a few scripts to automatically connect to my ISP, which has several incoming lines. What I'd like to do is make these scripts so

Re: How do I allow users to run a single command as root?

1996-08-16 Thread Rob Browning
Casper BodenCummins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What you need here is to set the setuid bit. Run this command as root: chmod +s filename Not to be nasty, but this is generally a *REALLY BAD IDEA* unless you know *exactly* what you are doing. If filename was not designed with extremely