On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
> Ben Collins said:
> >> /bin/su is chown root.root and file permissions are correct.
> >
> >What are the file permissions?
>
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22992 Mar 14 08:28 /bin/su
>
chmod u+s /bin/su
--
The last time somebody
Quoting Bart Szyszka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > *ridiculous* (your word) to download all the development packages in
> > Debian (grep-available lists 358 here) on the off-chance that someday
> > they might want to compile code for a Beowulf cluster or a voxel
> > renderer or what have you. You don
On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 12:18:52PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I ended up just adding sysadmin to staff, then
> >
> >% /bin/chgrp staff /bin/su; /bin/chmod 4750 /bin/su
>
> Make sure you let suidmanager know about that (using suidregister) or
> you might
Brian Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I ended up just adding sysadmin to staff, then
>
>% /bin/chgrp staff /bin/su; /bin/chmod 4750 /bin/su
Make sure you let suidmanager know about that (using suidregister) or
you might find /bin/su's permissions changing back next time you upgrade
the login pac
Oki DZ said:
>I already have everything (for compiling) on my system; gcc works fine. It
>just happens that cpp is not needed for recompiling the kernel. But quite
>long ago, "apt-get install gcc" was the first thing I did before
>recompiling the kernel.
>
>Try to: apt-get update.
I had to chang
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Brian Clark wrote:
> And then, of course, when you actually go to grab gcc or g++ it fails with
> a 404:
[err. msgs. deleted]
okidz:/home/okidz# apt-get -s install gcc
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be insta
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> only said something to the effect of "get gcc" for "What do I need to
> compile programs"? That's horrendously absurd! gcc is not the only thing
> you need to "compile programs".
IMHO, it's not horrendously absurd. It's not even absurd. Yes, gcc is not
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> Can we *please* get a serious answer to this question?
Sure.
>I've tried to find it
> numerous times without any luck and it's ridiculous. The beauty of Debian
> is that you can install a clean, unbloated system that's easy to maintain.
> However, one
Bart Szyszka said:
>> Why don't you get the package tasksel (for potato) and look for
>> yourself?
>> Besides, this is what the task-devel-* packages (again from potato) are
>> for; they're probably the best answer to your question.
>
>Thanks! That sounds like exactly what I needed.
>
>> >And ple
Well, it's a bit difficult to say what you need to compile ANY
program. Of course you need the compiler, probably make, and a few
other helper apps. So start with task-c-dev, if you're using potato.
It will cover the basics. Then you will need -dev packages, which is
what many people forget. If
> Why don't you get the package tasksel (for potato) and look for
> yourself?
> Besides, this is what the task-devel-* packages (again from potato) are
> for; they're probably the best answer to your question.
Thanks! That sounds like exactly what I needed.
> >And please don't give me ridiculous a
Colin Watson said:
>Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22992 Mar 14 08:28 /bin/su
>>
>>There's the problem. Somehow you got the perms changed. They need to be:
>>
>>-rwsr-xr-x
>>
>>So, "chmod 4755 /b
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> a).
>> This has to have been asked a million times, but I can't find
>> anything in the archives related to this topic: What packages do I
>> need to fetch to be able to compile most software (i.e. Apache, X
>> apps, etc.)?
>
>Can we *please* get a
Please set your mailer to generate lines <76 characters long.
On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 08:10:51PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> > a).
> > This has to have been asked a million times, but I can't find anything in
> > the archives related to this topic: What packages do I need to fetch to be
> > abl
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22992 Mar 14 08:28 /bin/su
>
>There's the problem. Somehow you got the perms changed. They need to be:
>
>-rwsr-xr-x
>
>So, "chmod 4755 /bin/sh" and all should be well.
> a).
> This has to have been asked a million times, but I can't find anything in
> the archives related to this topic: What packages do I need to fetch to be
> able to compile most software (i.e. Apache, X apps, etc.)?
Can we *please* get a serious answer to this question? I've tried to find it
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Brian Clark wrote:
> This has to have been asked a million times, but I can't find anything in
> the archives related to this topic: What packages do I need to fetch to be
> able to compile most software (i.e. Apache, X apps, etc.)?
The information is not available on the
On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:11:06PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
>
> a).
>
> This has to have been asked a million times, but I can't find anything in
> the archives related to this topic: What packages do I need to fetch to be
> able to compile most software (i.e. Apache, X apps, etc.)?
You'll ne
On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
> Ben Collins said:
>
> >> % su
> >> su: Authentication failure
> >> Sorry
> >> %
> >>
> >> When I _know_ I have given the right password. Caps Lock is off, I've
> tried
> >> typing it plain text so I know the input is correct, I
Ben Collins said:
>> % su
>> su: Authentication failure
>> Sorry
>> %
>>
>> When I _know_ I have given the right password. Caps Lock is off, I've
tried
>> typing it plain text so I know the input is correct, I've logged in as
root
>> and changed root's passwd and it still doesn't work when su-
> % su
> su: Authentication failure
> Sorry
> %
>
> When I _know_ I have given the right password. Caps Lock is off, I've tried
> typing it plain text so I know the input is correct, I've logged in as root
> and changed root's passwd and it still doesn't work when su-ing from a
> normal user ac
Brian Clark said:
>Greetings,
>
>I'm running Potato, which was installed from base floppies.
>
>a).
>
>This has to have been asked a million times, but I can't find anything in
>the archives related to this topic: What packages do I need to fetch to be
>able to compile most software (i.e. Apache,
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