-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > 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 > >
No, I can't give any examples, because since I switched to Debian, I have not encountered any commands that didn't work. When I used Kubuntu I did encounter problems with setting up iptables masquerades with sudo, and had to do a sudo -i to get a root prompt to do it. Strange behavior to say the least. One of the things that I really like about Debian compared to Ubuntu is that it gets the sudo vs. kdesu/gksu correct. No matter if the root is enabled or not, on a Ubuntu system they all want the USER password, which is in my book not the best way to handle it. It does make it easier if one has a poor memory however, and can't keep track of more than one password. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF1ezEiXBCVWpc5J4RArDkAKCnN0mlL2HdwCX2v2mJi1Vv+iIzXACgrR0y vbvatMTBohhHmJ2FrtZPEWw= =74/P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
