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Harbinger · 03-14-2006, 01:55 PM

Weird su - logs you in as the root user on a local machine. Soul and I wouldn't think of that as most of the time we're hitting machines remotely via ssh. Still strange that su root doesn't work for you? Does your prompt change?

I was thinking that you were running the command under sudo. When you sudo a command you access your permissions from a group called wheel. Wheel has basically the same permissions as the root user.

Soul · 03-14-2006, 03:07 PM

just for grins try for the first one again and once you are in, cd to /sbin and try ./ifconfig -a or ifconfig -a

{OF}Blong · 03-14-2006, 03:55 PM

hehe I have lost all memory of 90% of what I learned 5 y ears ago when I last used it all the time. ill try that later soul

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-double tap · 03-15-2006, 09:21 PM

if i'm not mistaken just typing "su" will not change your enviornment variables. When you type "su -" that switches you to that user as well as provides your eviornment variables etc. su - is assumed to be root. Could be wrong but i think that is how it went down. Seems to when you do a "su" it provides you with some functionality...such as ifconfig etc.

hmpphh.

Mac · 03-15-2006, 09:38 PM

hey guys, didnt they do something with the last few kernal releases on SU like nearly getting rid of the use or limit the access? I for some stupid reason remember reading it when I tried install slackware 10 last year. I would have to look but it all of a sudden I remember something they did... I could be wrong but.....

{OF}Blong · 03-15-2006, 09:53 PM

grr i just realized ati gives next to nothing for linux support. I ahve been trying to figure out why ut2004 will run for a few minutes and then crash with a segmentation fault. when I realized its all driver support. the last thing I have to try is remove all card drivers/reboot/reinstal latest drivers and then go from there. other than that ati says I have to instal the xfree drivers wtf????

At first I thought it was a heat issue but its not. although this seems to be the only game that doesnt run right. I can run bf2 servers (vanilla with euro and sf at same time) without any problems.

Soul · 03-16-2006, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -double tap

if i'm not mistaken just typing "su" will not change your enviornment variables. When you type "su -" that switches you to that user as well as provides your eviornment variables etc. su - is assumed to be root. Could be wrong but i think that is how it went down. Seems to when you do a "su" it provides you with some functionality...such as ifconfig etc.

hmpphh.

That is exactly where I was going, I think he was loosing his paths.

{OF}Blong · 03-16-2006, 02:11 PM

doh I forgot to try what you suggested soul. ill have to do it later on.