Re: permissions problems in ssh session as root (WAS: apt-get install and upgrade errors)

2004-11-07 Thread belahcene
An idea , may be !! in fact when you use su , without dash ( - ) , you log with the normal Environment and not with the root environment !!! try instead : su - , perhaps ?? any way since you are new to linux (or debian) I think it is better for you ( I repeat what I had said ) " I sug

RE: permissions problems in ssh session as root (WAS: apt-get install and upgrade errors)

2004-11-05 Thread james derry
Title: RE: permissions problems in ssh session as root (WAS: apt-get install and upgrade errors) -Original Message- From: Joost Witteveen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Fri 11/5/2004 3:36 AM To: james derry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: permissions

Re: permissions problems in ssh session as root (WAS: apt-get install and upgrade errors)

2004-11-05 Thread Joost Witteveen
james derry wrote: #hi, bela, #thanks for your reply. as a sanity check, i made sure that as root to run `apt-get upgrade` from root directory (/). same problem. #looking further, it seems the problem may have to do with root permissions problems, and not with apt-get or dpkg at all. logged in a

permissions problems in ssh session as root (WAS: apt-get install and upgrade errors)

2004-11-04 Thread james derry
#hi, bela, #thanks for your reply. as a sanity check, i made sure that as root to run `apt-get upgrade` from root directory (/). same problem. #looking further, it seems the problem may have to do with root permissions problems, and not with apt-get or dpkg at all. logged in as root on ssh, i c