On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:53:09 +0100 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:43 -0500, Celejar wrote: > > [snip] > >> Or 'sudo dpkg -i xxxx.deb' from the cli. > > > > Only if sudo is installed and setup properly. If not, then simply 'su -c dpkg -i xxxx.deb'. > You're right about that. It's one of the first things I did after > installation because I came from the Ubuntu world where sudo is the only > way to do things. Funny though because I got sick of typing it all the > time and found myself just doing sudo -i so I would get a root prompt. > > Actually there are some commands that you can't do through sudo that you > can from root, even though the sudoers file lists (ALL) ALL. > > iptables and echoing to /proc are examples. 'sudo /sbin/iptables -N newchain', 'sudo /sbin/iptables -X newchain' both work fine for me; what doesn't work for you? Can you give any other examples of things that don't work with sudo? I've never encountered any. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
