[wellylug] repository timed out issues

[Jethro Carr]

On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 10:49 +1200, Steve Macdonald wrote:
> A couple of other quick questions if I may. every so often the display comes 
> up say display on in a grey box, how do I get rid of that happening?

not too sure what you mean here... are you able to take a screenshot and
email to me at jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com? (you are unable to send large
attachments to the list, so sent it to me offlist.)

> and also 
> I had to create a folder in usr/shared but without root rights I cant.
> I dont 
> know how to get root rights to do simple things like that.

you mean /usr/shares/? :-)

This is a system directory, so yes, you need root rights to add files
there.

With most distro, root is like any other user, and you can just su into
the root account.

However, ubuntu has a different configuration, where no one can login as
root, but users can perform root permission tasks.

Todo this, you use the "sudo" command. You will have seen that command
in some of my posts to you recently.

This can be placed before other commands. eg:
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sudo echo "hi steve!"
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Or, you can use sudo to open a shell, and use it normally. eg:
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sudo bash
echo "hi steve!"
exit
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In most case, if you are running just 1 or 2 commands, you use the first
example, If you want to run a few commands, use the 2nd example, to get
a shell, so you don't have to keep typing "sudo".


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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