Chunkywizard wrote: > Hi JackOfAll, > > A really basic question (which I'll add to the FAQ). When ever you do an > update you write 'sudo ...'. I'm guessing this is a command line > instruction you need to run on the Wandboard to update it. How do you > input this? Do you do aomthing like Telnet into the board using PuTTY? > Also setup for PuTTY you use the ip.address of the board and do you need > a username and password? As you can tell I have a very basic knowledge > of such things but I think even basic users would like to keep their > board up to date and so I will write up a few instructions if you point > me in the general direction. > > Cheers > > CW
Most linux systems support multiple users, most of which have limited "permissions" they can only do certain things. There is a "super user" (usually "root") which can do anything. There is a command called "su" which stands for set user, which changes a terminal to a different user. If you don't give a user it changes to root, which usually requires a special password, but is also somewhat of a security danger. sudo stands for set user do, it implements an su, then runs the one command, then goes back to the original user. If the user is added to a special group you don't need a password to run a sudo. This is the way CSOS is setup, the "fedora" user can run sudo without a password. So pretty much anything which requires modifying system files needs to be run with sudo. John S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
