On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:30:30 -0400 Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > Only root can use it because a normal users cant read the lock file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
