-----Original Message----- From: John Seago [mailto:johnseago@two-ravens.org.uk]
Open xterm, su to root, pppconfig. Done. simple. For network setup, edit /etc/network/interfaces (man interfaces will give all the information required).
There seems to be another problem there, trying su, in an xterm gives the answer authentication not recognised, perhaps I haven't installed sudo? What I have done is apt-get Midnight Commander, now I'm dealing with something I'm used to and its beginning to look a more realistic project.
John, "su" is short for "switch user". You can "su john" or "su jenny", for example. In the case of root, the "root" is not necessary, so "su" is the same as "su root". When switching between users you will be prompted for that user password, unless you are calling the command from root. If you are logged on to your Xwindow system as john and you open an xterm and type "su" you are effectively switching from user john to root - you should be asked for the root password here. Type it in, and if the $ sign at the prompt becomes a # sign, you are now root. The command "whoami" will also let you know which user you currently are.
sudo is a program which will allow you to run certain commands as root without having to switch user - so if you install sudo and edit the config file to say that john can run such-and-such a program, you can do so as user john, by putting the command "sudo" before the main command. It can be dangerous to charge around your system as superuser :-))) so it is a useful little program to allow certain tasks as a mortal.
Jen
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