Re: Cannot display /etc/fstab
From: Gordon (gordon_at_gbpcomputing.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 06/24/05
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:22:28 +0100
jgk wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>
>> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>
>>>> "Ivan Marsh" <annoyed@you.now> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>>> news:pan.2005.06.22.17.35.58.975100@you.now...
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:13:10 +0200, cody wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I got the message when attempting to open this file from the GUI
>>>>>> (gnome).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Shall we try and guess which application you were attempting to view
>>>>> the file with?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:45:19 +0200, cody wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks for answering me.
>>>>
>>>> By default is is opened with the TextEditor. I tried other programs,
>>>> the
>>>> same message, so I guess the message came from the OS, not from the
>>>> specific application. I have no clue what the cause of the problem
>>>> could
>>>> be.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, if you have rights to the file, which root should, and you still
>>> can't open it that's a bit of a head scratcher.
>>>
>>> This may be an issue with being logged into the GUI as root. Some say
>>> you
>>> should never do that... I'm not sure why. I don't log in as root as a
>>> rule
>>> in general, so maybe someone else has some insight into that.
>>>
>>
>> Slightly off-topic but similar, when I su in a terminal, (FC4) I can't
>> use FDISK! I get bash - fdisk not found. Yet if I log in as Root user,
>> I can use FDISK! Strange.
>>
> Gordon,
>
>
> Never su root, but su - root a sneaky user could have created it's own
> su script to cache your root passwd.
>
> Put it in your path.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jan Gerrit
Thanks for the tip - I'm not quite sure what you mean.
Do you mean that when I'm in a terminal, instead of just typing "su"
(without quotes, obviously!) I type "su - "?
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