On Wednesday 21 March 2007 11:34, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 11:13 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:42, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 10:41 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > > > when you do an apt-get upgrade, does it matter it you do it as > > > > 'root'? > > > > > > Please ask a better question. > > > -- > > > > what is the problem with this one? > > ;o) > > Of course you have to have ROOT equivalent access. > > You have to ask the WHOLE QUESTION. The question you asked is a kin to: > > Do I need tools to work on my car? > > When you would really like to know how to actually change out the > Alternator. > > So, until you ask the whole question, we cannot answer you question > smartly. Sure others have taken a shot-gun approach to it and *MAY* have > answered your question, but it would have been better if you asked: > > When you do an apt-get upgrade, does it matter if you do it as > "root", as a regular user with sudo rights or as a plain regular > user? > > Do you see the difference in the question? You clear demonstrate you > understand the differences in rights levels with a question like that. > Whereas with your first ambiguous question we are not sure. > > Smarter question make for much better and closer to the answer than with > an ambiguous question. > --
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