On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 19:27 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
On 11/07/05, MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Peter Hunter peterslinuxbox@ntlworld.com wrote:
[...] Just one thing, how do I become root without logging out and back in. Do I type su root?
Yes, su (substitute user) will work like that, or you could become root and run the make command all in one with: su root -c 'make install'
Or install the sudo package and use that to run commands with root privs. Once installed you'll be able to things like..
./configure make sudo make install
As with all things linuxy there's a zillion ways to do everything. I'm not advocating to pooh-poohing either approach, just making you aware of the choices.
Cheers, Al.
That's what I am liking about Linux. Thanks for the info everyone.
Peter
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