Okay... I just recieved my RedHat 7.0 CDs. I upgraded, knowing that there
were some issues with lots of bugs and the like. So I was expecting to have
some problems. The install ran smoothly, but now I have one teeny tiny little
problem.
My DHCP doesn't work.
The DHCP packages are installed
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:30:55PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Telsa Gwynne thought:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:04:51PM +0100 or thereabouts, BobTFish wrote:
> > At 13:41 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > >On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin
> >
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 01:38:03PM -0400, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote:
> Hi, Malcolm, and everyone else,
> > There has been a lot of discussion amongst Gnome developers about how to
> > handle applications which require root privileges to do certain things.
> > The result is best summarised as "no cle
okay, so i was brave enough to change from the old, comfy, easy pine,
which i knew like my own pockets into scary, strange, weird mutt (but
they say it's better!). so, is anyone like real familiar with mutt?
my problem is that i'm using mutt on several machines and on my own
puter (freebsd 4
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> > Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
> > entire system is open to you.
> >
> > Co
> Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
> entire system is open to you.
>
> Colour me 'not understanding what's bugging you'.
I think it is important to mention at this point that you have to *enter
the password* of the user you are su'ing to (including su - to
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>BobTFish wrote:
>> Ouch, that is probably a bad thing(Tm).. I assume this means you can su to
>> any local user and start xterms on your desktop?
>Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch user'. And if you can get to root, the
>entire system is open to you.
BobTFish wrote:
> Ouch, that is probably a bad thing(Tm).. I assume this means you can su to
> any local user and start xterms on your desktop?
>
> /me shudders at the thought..
>
> BobTFish (Going back to hide in a little world where security is important)
Um, that's what su *IS*. 'switch us
Hi, Malcolm, and everyone else,
>
> There has been a lot of discussion amongst Gnome developers about how to
> handle applications which require root privileges to do certain things.
> The result is best summarised as "no clear consensus". This is partly
> because each solution has its own drawba
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> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt;cd /mnt;./memtest all
>
> The error I received was -
> sh: ./memtest: No such file or directory
I'm not familiar with the redhat install cd, but a few things to try:
ls /mnt
after mo
I've copied this program "memtest" onto a floppy. I would like to be
able to use this program with any computer. My idea was to boot off the
redhat installation disk selecting "rescue" then mount and run memtest
from the floppy. After I booted into the cd I changed to the /usr/bin
directory and
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, BobTFish wrote:
> At 14:30 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
>
> >I think I was unclear. You get the graphical application fine. But
> >you have to invoke it from the command line. You can't use the GNOME
> >panel and launchers, because they are still owned by guest and will
> >
At 14:30 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> > >Unfortunately, you will have to do them at the command line, because
> > >there is currently no way to get a second little panel which has the
> > >programs which only root can use.
>I think I was unclear. You get the graphical application fine. Bu
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:04:51PM +0100, BobTFish wrote:
> A good trick for if you want to run graphical applications as root, but
> from a normal user's session is to use ssh.
> As in you install sshd on your machine, make keys and everything then open
> a terminal window as normal and type:
>
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 02:04:51PM +0100 or thereabouts, BobTFish wrote:
> At 13:41 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> >On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin
> >wrote:
> > > Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root.
> > > How is this
At 13:41 15/10/00, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
>On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin
>wrote:
> > Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root.
> > How is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
>
> o open a terminal (xterm or gnome-terminal)
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400 or thereabouts, Barbara McMillin wrote:
> Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root.
> How is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
I don't know any way to change everything from one user to another
user in X (which is what GNO
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:46:44AM -0400, Barbara McMillin wrote:
> Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root. How
> is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
There is no way to suddenly change your whole session to behave as if
you have root privileges. This is by desi
Oftentimes I find myself in Gnome as guest and I want to change to root. How
is this done on Gnome desktop? Barbara
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