Re: creating an alias on a server

2011-08-09 Thread Phil Davis
Thanks Bob. No apology needed! This is good clarification for me. Like Solomon said: As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Phil On 8/9/11 9:41 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Phil, pardon me if you know this, but sudo wants the password to the admin account you are presently using in

Re: creating an alias on a server

2011-08-09 Thread Bob Sneidar
Phil, pardon me if you know this, but sudo wants the password to the admin account you are presently using in the shell, not the root password itself. Also, make sure SSH is enabled on the server. Sorry if I am telling you things you already know. I have to believe there is a shell command for

Re: creating an alias on a server

2011-08-08 Thread Phil Davis
Never mind. I have experimented with it enough now so I believe it's not workable even if it is possible (which I have not proven). I'll find another way. Phil On 8/8/11 6:59 PM, Phil Davis wrote: Hi all, I am building a server app with LC and would like it to create an alias (symbolic lin

creating an alias on a server

2011-08-08 Thread Phil Davis
Hi all, I am building a server app with LC and would like it to create an alias (symbolic link) on the server, in a folder that is among those known to Apache on the server (don't know if that makes any difference). I tried LC 'create alias' and a shell(ln -s ) without success. Then I added '