On 28 March 2010 23:38, Tim wrote:
> These days I tell people I don't use Windows any more, and haven't for
> years. I can't even recommend a good anti-virus program to them, or
> anti-malware, etc., because I don't use them, and don't need to. So
> I've no idea which are good. And, no, I don't
On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:08 -0500, Mikkel wrote:
> One thing that can help in the fight to educate users is to start
> charging to fix their system. Yes, it is hard to charge your friends
> and family for fixing things, But for some reason, they listen to
> your advice better if they are paying for
On 03/28/2010 04:48 PM, Tim wrote:
>
> It also helps to throw in the ye olde stern parenting message of "I'm
> not going to keep on fixing this for you." I cannot overstate the value
> of the word "no." A person will not learn to look after their computer
> until you make them. The old "cruel t
On 10-03-28 16:24:39, Rick Sewill wrote:
...
> It was Norton anti-virus...and I updated to the latest patches.
> I updated Windows to the latest patches.
> I updated IE to IE 8, hoping that would slow down problems.
>
> Unfortunately, you hit the nail on the head.
> Took her only a few days to ge
On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 11:54 -0500, Rick Sewill wrote:
> Linux is multi-user. People are expected to run as normal users.
> People should be root only long enough to do system things.
>
> Program developers create downloads with this in mind.
> People can download and compile and build programs as
On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 03:01 -0700, suvayu ali wrote:
> You don't need to. For all tasks needing root privileges, you will be
> asked for the root password and you can do all the administrative
> tasks as user "rajanish". The interface looks something like this,
Does the desktop for root login loo
On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 20:26 +0100, agraham wrote:
> Please ignore all those that present horror stories and FUD about
> root, you have to learn somehow and the best way is to mess around as
> root.
Oh yes... like learning about firearms by playing russian roulette.
It ain't FUD about avoiding log
On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 20:26 +0100, agraham wrote:
> On 28/03/10 09:29, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
> > finally added a user name "rajanish"
> > .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing throgh root...I want
>
On 03/28/2010 02:49 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote:
> On 28 March 2010 20:26, agraham wrote:
>> On 28/03/10 09:29, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
>>> finally added a user name "rajanish"
>>> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have n
On 03/28/2010 12:04 PM, bruce wrote:
> hey...
>
> as a guy who's been running different variants of unix/sun/vax vma for
> ~25 years... you can run as root/user with equal ability to screw up
> if you don't know what you're doing! running as a user implies that
> you can't do certain things/apps o
On 28 March 2010 20:26, agraham wrote:
> On 28/03/10 09:29, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
>> Hi!
>> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
>> finally added a user name "rajanish"
>> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing throgh root...I want
>> to log in th
hey rajanish..
rule of thought..
whenever you do a "rm "something".. do a "ls ..." first!!
saved my butt a few times!
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:26 PM, agraham wrote:
> On 28/03/10 09:29, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
>> Hi!
>> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
>
On 28/03/10 09:29, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
> Hi!
> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
> finally added a user name "rajanish"
> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing throgh root...I want
> to log in through root because i want to learn administrati
hey...
as a guy who's been running different variants of unix/sun/vax vma for
~25 years... you can run as root/user with equal ability to screw up
if you don't know what you're doing! running as a user implies that
you can't do certain things/apps on a system.. but who's to say that
someone didn't
su root
password
On 03/28/2010 09:54 AM, Rick Sewill wrote:
> On 03/28/2010 03:29 AM, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
>> finally added a user name "rajanish"
>> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing
On 03/28/2010 03:29 AM, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
> Hi!
> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
> finally added a user name "rajanish"
> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing throgh root...I
> want to log in through root because i want to learn administ
On 28 March 2010 01:29, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
> Hi!
> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
> finally added a user name "rajanish"
> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing throgh root...I want
> to log in through root because i want to learn adminis
On 03/28/2010 01:59 PM, Rajanish Kumar wrote:
> Hi!
> I have already installed Fedora 12 .I have given root password...and
> finally added a user name "rajanish"
> .I am log in through "rajanish"but i have not accessing throgh
> root...I want to log in through root because i want to learn
> admini
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