A few quick simple Linux questions

From: Eric Haase (ehaase_at_cs.ucr.edu)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 02:20:39 -0800

Hello everyone,

I'm a beginner/intermediate Linux user and I have a few questions (they
might be somewhat n00b):

1. How come I can delete files created by root within my home directory
when the permissions shouldn't allow me to do so (permissions = 600,
owner = root, group = root)? I'm guessing that its because I have write
persmission within my own directory and write permission in a directory
overrides file permissions...

2. I'm using gnome and I would like to know which file(s) I have to edit
in order to load certain applications at startup...

3. I'm aware that when a command-line program is running I can suspend
it by pressing control-Z. However, this stops execution. How do I send
the current running program to the background while still executing
(like I executed it with & as the last argument)?

4. I'm running Fedora Core 3 (yes, I know it sucks, but I'm still
learning), briefly, how does the whole startup process work and where
does /etc/init.d come into play? A link would be great if you don't
wanna explain. How is this method compared to other Linux dists?

Thank you very much for your time as it is appreciated. I am new to the
Linux community and I plan to use Linux for a very long time (hopefully
replacing Windows), so your time will not goto waste. 

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______________________________________
Eric Haase
Computer Science Undergraduate Student
University of California, Riverside
Phone - (818)284-3742
Email - EricHaase@gmail.com
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