On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:40:11 +0200, Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 August 2005 03:05, James A. Donald wrote: > >apt-get: Command not found. > > > >I am a newbie to linux. I recently installed Debian on a computer > >that sits in a closet > > > >So I ssh in. I got Samba working fine, after tinkering with the > >/etc/samba/smb.conf file to read: > > > >[global] > > workgroup = workgroup > > netbios name = linux > > security = share > >[shareRW] > > path = /home/james/Documents/sharedRW > > read only = No > > guest ok = Yes > > > >and manually starting the daemons with > >nmbd -D > >smbd -D > > > >All was well > > > >But then I wanted it to automatically start the daemons on reboot, > > and I had no idea how to do that. > > > >So I said to myself, "well, surely Debian knows how to do that", so > >attempted to type > > > >apt-get update > >apt-get install samba smbclient > > > >Only to get the surprising message: apt-get: Command not found. > 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. Yes, I tried it all ways. -- http://www.jim.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
