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Now in normal user mode the fink command won't work. It works under root. Which I didn't think that was going to be a problem until I try starting up Gnome and Gnome won't work under my name but it will work under root. Is there a way that I can change fink from root to my user name with out...

I have a LaCie 60GB external FW drive. I wanted to back up my ~/* to it, because I am soon to upgrade to 10.2 (yay!) Now, I couldn't access all the files by copying them with the Finder, I got all sorts of stupid "One or more of the files you selected can not be accessed at this time...

How do I change the root directory of the FTP server included in Jaguar? I want my FTP site root to be on another volume. For some reason I cant find any FTP setup files on the /etc directory. Can anyone please help me?

I just downloaded RBrowser, ssh'ed to my server, and then wanted to edit a file... the problem is that the file's permissions were set wrong. So I'm all "okay, let me just su and chmod as root." But then I couldn't figure out how I would do such a thing. Is this possible? Can I switch to...

id like to know how to log on as root from the log on window and/or ftp, can anybody help me out?

Hi, I just installed Jaguar on my friends powerbook. I created a user account for him by his name and set the password but, I don't remember being asked for a root passwd during installation. When I su I try every passwd I can think of but none work. Anyone know how I can change the root...

basically what the title says i have rumpus, and it has to be launched with root permissions... right now i use a program called pseudo to open it, but i would like to have rumpus launched at login w/ root permissions... is there any way to do this? thanks :)

How do I setup environment variables at startup with GLOBAL visibility I am new to Macs and Mac OS X. I am running the following services on my Mac: - Tomcat - Jakarta Cactus - JUnit - Jakarta Ant Every time I have to work with these I have to setup a JAVA_HOME and a CLASSPATH...

Before I knew the correct procedure, I used Apple's NetInfo Manager to access the root user information. In the Directory!

I installed Jaguar last weekend, and everything seems to work okay, except for ftp. When I log in as my normal user account (which is not an admin account), I get the message "550 Can't change root. Login failed." I use ftpchroot to restrict access to home directories. This happens to...

Here is the background: My CD Rom is not an Apple product it hadd blown about 2 years ago. My HD is also not stock but a 20 GIG I have a Beige G3 that will accept OS X and all other OS EXCEPT OS X SERVER 10 1.2 which I just got. What happens it that is asks for a root device: which I...

Hi everybody ! I have a question that could look stupid but I nerver found any answer... I would like to log as root, but I don't know how to do it... In the xterm, when I do "su root" I'm asked for a password and my administrator password doesnt work. Thanx

Hi all, I've been reading around and some of us seems not to know about login as root and the benefits of it. So here are how to log as root, and if some of you feels like continuing this thread maybe talking about how it can help... First make sure you are online Then go find the...

Hi people. I wander if anyone can suggest something, Here is my problem: I read a confusing apple document that made me think enabling the root user would be a good idea to have full access privs.....e.t.c So I set it up, logged in as root. while I was root user, I thought it would be a...

Now that I have Postfix installed and sendmail now works, my system now is able to send the e-mail it has always wanted to send. Unfortunately, I don't want it to be sent for a couple reasons. One, I'm not sure that I can retrieve mail sent to the root user. Two, the mail has been being sent...

Every time I try to empty the trash I get an error message saying that I don't have sufficient previledges. I am using an administrator user. The trash contains software that was not installed under this user. I can delete this with the command like by loging as root and then using rm -r...

i have myself setup as the administrator on this comp. and under USER i dont see anything listed for root or setting up a root password so i do a su and type in my admin pw thinking that , that will work and all i get is a sorry , now i do understand that you do have to be a root user to...

I am a little concerned as the firewall for the company was down for a couple of days and I left my machine on over the night yesterday. I am hoping someone hasn't gotten root access and started running some type of program without my knowledge. I know it sounds like I am being a little...

First of all, I AM the admin of my network, but the computer replies the messege that im don't have the authority to delete some files, tex: Preview in the applications-folder. And when I am using the terminal i don't have the authority to cat some files. And i get this reply when i am running...

Back when I first installed OSX I had lots of problems with not having permission to access my old files. As you would expect this really pissed me off. To solve this I enable root and have been using it ever since. Seeing as 10.2 will be released soon i am planning to use this as an...