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----SUBJECT ----> Re: root, superusers, and mounting...
On 2/11/2003
I was just minding my own business when
Kevin MacNeil wrote:
>)On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 06:40:57PM -0700, Tass wrote:
>)> Thanks.
>)> Since I don't yet know what fstab is, and since the "sudo" suggestion
>)> offered by Todd sounds like it is exactly what I was looking for,
>)> I'm now wrestling my way through that process. I do have a pretty
>)> good book. But I'm not one to read those things from cover-to-cover.
>)> I tend to "discover" my way through them. :-)
>)> And with the occasional hint here-and-there, I tend to learn pretty
>)> quickly.
>)
>)Welcome to linux! Hang in there, it really does get easier. /etc/fstab
>)is a configuration file that provides information about the filesystems
>)on your computer. You can change the default settings so any user can
>)mount removable disks like cd-roms or floppies. So with an entry like
>)
>)/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide
>)
>)any user can mount the iso9660 file system found on his CDROM using
>)the commands "mount /dev/cdrom" or "mount /mnt/cdrom" (without quotes).
>)
>)Personally I think this is an easier solution than sudo, but ymmv.
>)
>)> At this point, the terminal window I'm trying visudo in is just about
>)> worn out. So I must be getting close. :-) I've gotten it to open the
>)> sodoers, now I just need to get it to LET ME EDIT the darn thing.
>)
>)I'm guessing you haven't used the vim text editor before. It's mode
>)based, so to enter text you have to press "i" (without quotation marks)
>)to enter insert mode, then make the changes you want, then press the
>)escape key to return to command mode, then press :wq to write the
>)changes to the file you're editing and then quit. Vim will seem
>)unfamiliar to you, but it's about the most powerful text editor going.
>)
>)Sudo is a very useful program. I use it so I can run my firewall's gui
>)applet as a regular user, which lets me start/stop/modify it and see all
>)the netbios hits in real time. The basic format is as follows:
>)
>)localhost = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/firestarter
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Hi Kevin.
Now that's the kind of detailed information that's going to inspire the
confidence to not to have to do another re-install of Red Hat!!!!! :-)
I'll put your ideas into action a little later today. But it does sound like
just the ticket.
As for sticking it out with Linux, there's really no question about that.
I'm not just testing the waters here. Even M$ knows that Unix is the
future. That's why they keep showing up at the Linux conventions.
(I'm just hoping that at some point, their continued criminal behavior
finally gets the results from the DOJ that any one else would have gotten-
and they far more than deserved. And hopefully, before they have
the chance to completely ruin Linux and Gnu- which they have the
money, power, clout, and intent to.)
It's really not proving to be all that difficult to make the transition. It
just takes time to be able to translate the old commands and paradigms
to the slightly different concepts, learn those that don't exist in NT4/5/6,
and UN-learn some of the old habits forced upon us old NT/IT guys.
:-)
It's all just a matter of time, and getting "in there".
thanks again,
ht
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