On Sat, 2001-09-22 at 09:17, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > I just wish there would be a way for those who do > not want to learn programming, and any other technical > stuff, but just to USE a computer for whatever, to > learn to use LINUX. I have been trying to learn LINUX > for ages, and it is not getting easier, and I am not a > complete idiot either, - I know of others who share my > sentiments. > I did not understand a 20% of you were trying to > tell me, but - no need to reply, - for at least now I > am giving up Debian, - there just is not any help with > learning it, and I do not have all the time in the > world either. > Thank you, sincerely - Mr. Jan Hearthstone. > --- "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:28:53PM -0700, Mr. Jan > > Hearthstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I ran the line, all I get is "Permission > > denied". > > > I ran "/etc/fstab" all I get (for all entries) > > is - > > > "Permission denied". I always run everything as > > the > > > "root", if this should make any difference. > > > Thanks, Hearthstone.
<snip netiquette spanking> > > Please state exactly what you're running and what > > response you're > > getting. Your post makes no sense. But his post makes perfect sense. I think Mr. Hearthstone is simply trying to execute fstab. This will explain while he would get "denied" even as root. It's easy to think of something as dreadfully obvious when you've been doing it for a long time. # /etc/fstab bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied
