On Tuesday 02 August 2005 07:09, James Burke wrote: >Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Did you use the - option to su when you became root to do that >> stuff? >> >> I doubt that apt-get or any of its ilk are available if you do a >> plain su, which, unlike doing an 'su -' does not give you roots >> $PATH. > >It shouldn't matter how you use su because apt-get is in a users > $PATH.
Mmm, sorry. I had assumed that it was a root only admin tool. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
