Thanks, I'll try sometime today. Best regards! Chanath
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Kevin J. Woolley <k...@javabunny.net> wrote: > On Thursday, 25 November, 2010 20:12, "Hillel Lubman" <shtetl...@gmail.com> > said: > > > On 25/11/10 22:48, Chdslv wrote: > >> "Could not operate on /var/pkg/lock > >> because of insufficient permissions. Please try the command again using > >> pfexec > >> or otherwise increase your privileges." > >> > >> How do you go from here, I don't know. > >> > > try to run for example: *pfexec pkg install <something>* > > This will run pkg with increased privileges.. > > If pfexec doesn't do what you want, try: > > su - > > It will probably say that root's password is expired and needs to be reset. > The root password is the same as the one you set up for your user account > during the installation. Set the new root password and pfexec may work -- I > don't use pfexec and don't have an OI machine handy to test it. > > Failing that, do: > > sudo pkg install <name of package without angle brackets, of course> > > The password for sudo is the same as the current user. If it says that the > user isn't in sudoers, use "su -" to get back to being root and then do a > "visudo" and follow the instructions in the file to add a user. The line > will look something like "username ALL = (ALL) ALL". There should be one > there for root already -- just copy the line and change the username. > > Hope that helps, > > kjw > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
