Sun, 30 Jun 2013 02:09:35 -0400 (EDT), Bob Proulx wrote:
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> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> ...logged in as root...
>>su barney
>>vi stuff
>>Error: messages not turned on: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted
>
> The above is basically a normal result of the current environment. At
> anothe
Stephen Powell wrote:
> ...logged in as root...
>su barney
>vi stuff
>Error: messages not turned on: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted
The above is basically a normal result of the current environment. At
another level it is a bug in nvi. I suggest that you understand it
and then i
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:39:32 -0400 (EDT), Chris Bannister wrote:
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> Is there a difference if you " su - barney" ?
No, there is no difference. I still get the same error.
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On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 04:00:41PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> I have discovered a problem recently when using su to switch to a user
> other than root on a Gnome Terminal session. Let's say I login to the
> graphical desktop using a userid of "fred". When I launch a Gnome
> Terminal session,
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:26:56 -0400 (EDT), David Guntner wrote:
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> No, it won't output a message when you set it y or n. Not sure I
> understand why vi is doing something that needs a messages channel
> turned on. And it's kind of hard to guess without seeing actual output. :-)
>
> You said you
Stephen Powell grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:07:54 -0400 (EDT), David Guntner wrote:
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>> Stephen Powell grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>>>
>>>Error: messages not turned on: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted
>>>
>>> (vi is actually nvi on my system.)
>>> This problem
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:07:54 -0400 (EDT), David Guntner wrote:
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> Stephen Powell grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
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>>Error: messages not turned on: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted
>>
>> (vi is actually nvi on my system.)
>> This problem does not occur in a virtual terminal (vt1-vt6). It
Stephen Powell grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>Error: messages not turned on: /dev/pts/0: Operation not permitted
>
> (vi is actually nvi on my system.)
> This problem does not occur in a virtual terminal (vt1-vt6). It also
> does not occur if I switch to root, instead of a non-root user.
>
>
I have discovered a problem recently when using su to switch to a user
other than root on a Gnome Terminal session. Let's say I login to the
graphical desktop using a userid of "fred". When I launch a Gnome
Terminal session, I'm automatically logged in as "fred". Now, let's
suppose I switch to u
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