Yes, I had the same problem. The issue is
this: Let's say that you log in as "jason". When you "su" to root,
you're bringing "jason"s environment with you, so you're the root user in
jason's environment. The path is different, so you don't see those
programs that you want to run.
The s
June 23, 2003 2:30 AM
Subject: RE: root user on telnet problem
> Hi Jason:
>
> Are you using "su" or "su -"?
>
> The former will etain your "environment" while the later will give
> you root's "environment". I suspect you were usi
That should be:
Are you using "su" or "su -"?
The former will retain your "environment" while the later will give
you root's "environment". I suspect you were using the former.
Regards, Hugh
From: Hugh E Cruickshank Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 22:31
>
> Hi Jason:
>
> Are you using "su" or "su -
Hi Jason:
Are you using "su" or "su -"?
The former will etain your "environment" while the later will give
you root's "environment". I suspect you were using the former.
HTH
Regrds, Hugh
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Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com
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From: Jason S
Actually, when you boot into single mode, all you gotta do is type passwd,
enter the password you want, and this will be the new root password,
unless I am completely missing the question here..
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Glenn Goodspeed wrote:
> Tony - Thanks for the idea, but it doesn't seem to wor
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>Tony - Thanks for the idea, but it doesn't seem to work. The file,
>/etc/group, contains a line - root:x:0:root. I added my user name to
>this like so - root:x:0:root,glenn. Bu
Tony - Thanks for the idea, but it doesn't seem to work. The file,
/etc/group, contains a line - root:x:0:root. I added my user name to this
like so - root:x:0:root,glenn. But I am still unable to copy a file from my
home directory to another user's home directory while logged in as glenn.
Anyt
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On 13-Jun-2002/15:34 -0500, Glenn Goodspeed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, All - Can anyone tell me how to give a normal user root equivalence
>on a RedHat 7.3 system in text-only mode? (Used to be able to do that in
>Linuxconf.) Thanks. -Glen
ya, this is assuming the machine is still on and he is logged on as root
currently... if its gone down, then he may have to reboot into single
user mode (or telinit s)
pico /etc/passwd
add this to the first line (although position is not terribly important
, *i think *)
root:x:0:0:root
