On 20/01/2011 02:27 ÏÎ, Tim wrote: > It's been years since I've logged in as root, since I haven't had to > do that. Well i do usually login as root , i have been doing so for the last few years , ok i know itÂs not the best thing to do but letÂs say itÂs just a bad habbit. When I did do it, to fix up some problem that I'd created, > it was a simple matter to "su - tim" to get a terminal in my user > account, to (more safely) do something while I was in the middle of > repairing the problem I caused in the first place. > > For what it's worth, I'd somehow upset the permissions of /tmp, and > that prevented logging in as a normal user (it'd immediately log > out, straight after attempting to log in). Not that I needed to > graphically log in as root to fix that, but I did need to get to a > web browser to research the cause, first. And I hate using Lynx, > seeing as someone will suggest it. Lynx ??????? . It has been sometime since i have heard about it . Yes i do recall viewing a web page with it in the days that i was using minicom to fire up my dial up connection about 5 years ago . Well i guess i would have to second u on that , since using lynx isnÂt the easiest thing to do . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
