On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:30:26AM -0500, Jerry Human <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | This is about one of the biggest frustrations I've found with all
> | flavors Linux. Practically every time I find a command or program I want
> | to use, BAM ... Per
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:30:26AM -0500, Jerry Human <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| This is about one of the biggest frustrations I've found with all
| flavors Linux. Practically every time I find a command or program I want
| to use, BAM ... Permission Denied. [...]
| Obviously, the problem above
Matthew Melvin wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 at 5:30am (-0500), Jerry Human wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone:
> >
> > So my question today is two fold: (a) where can I finally learn how to
> > handle permissions in different contexts, and (b) how can I set up rdate
> > to set the system time when ru
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Michael R. Jinks wrote:
> Matthew Melvin wrote:
>
> Finally a word on philosophy: Don't forget who's in charge here. When
> "The Documentation" says that "CommandX is a restricted,
> system-administration command," don't forget who owns the machine. You
> Are Root. This is
Matthew Melvin wrote:
>
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 at 5:30am (-0500), Jerry Human wrote:
> > So my question today is two fold: (a) where can I finally learn how to
> > handle permissions in different contexts, and (b) how can I set up rdate
> > to set the system time when run as user?
> I think the
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, you wrote:
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> I think the point I was tring to make is - it's complicated. There are
> countless ways to skin this cat, and the only way to learn then is read, and
> try and read and try and read and try and read and try. *sigh* I hope some
> of that made sence and
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:30:26 Jerry Human wrote:
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>So my question today is two fold: (a) where can I finally learn how to
>handle permissions in different contexts, and (b) how can I set up rdate
>to set the system time when run as user?
Don't run rdate as a normal user. Set
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 at 5:30am (-0500), Jerry Human wrote:
> Hello Everyone:
>
> This is about one of the biggest frustrations I've found with all
> flavors Linux. Practically every time I find a command or program I want
> to use, BAM ... Permission Denied. For instance, I lurk on this forum
> tr
