On 2003-11-25 14:22:36 +0000 Anthony Anson tony.anson@zetnet.co.uk wrote:
When I log on (using Gnome - to start with, anyway) I'm asked for username and password, both of which I've remembered this time - certain listmembers will know why (!), I can get into the program, and following yesterday's help, I can now get out of it without a parachute.
Q: If I need to get in as root, do I type 'root' instead of username?
If you need root, the usual way is to log in to gnome as usual, then su -m from a terminal window and run anything you need from there.
Q: Under what circumstances might I need to go rooting?
Installing new or updated software, changing system configuration files, that sort of thing
Q: I fired Wine up yesterday and it demanded a Windows program to play with, and sulked because the one I had in mind was in the CD romdrive waiting to be installed.
Was the cdrom drive mounted? Does wine know about the CDROM drive?
How should I set about installing the program, where should I put it, and how? (It's my internet software, and someone has reported that it runs under Wine. If it does, expect me to lay down a barrage of questions about modems and error messages. And Syd, I really will try to get most of the answers off that CD you kindly sent me, honest I will.)
Right - for installing things in wine... (1) you don't need to be root (2) make sure wine is configured to have that path mapped to a drive letter (this is in ~/.winerc or ~/.wine/config, usually, and you can edit that with your favourite text editor... or... use wineconfig, which should probably be installed) (3) wine /the/path/to/the/setup/file (4) sacrifice a goat or two in front of the machine
That should just about cover it :)
Brett.