On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:05:48PM -0400, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> a) In section 2.1 it is said: "[user@host]# yum install rpm-build". To > >> 'yum install' something you need to be superuser (as confirmed by '#' > >> prompt before the command). Shouldn't the example read: > >> "[root@host]# yum install rpm-build"? > > > > Yes, this should be root@ instead of user@. > > Or, wouldn't this be better? > > [user@host]# sudo yum install rpm-build One problem with sudo in RH based systems is that it doesn't have root's $PATH by default. On my own pages, I have a page explaining this, and when I use sudo in a tutorial, I direct the reader who isn't clear on it to view that page. (I usually use the phrase, as root or with root privilege.) While $PATH doesn't matter for this command, it can with others. If there's already a page explaining sudo on the wiki (too lazy to look right now) then a link to it would be sufficient, I think. Many people come to various distributions from Ubuntu, which has sudo enabled for the main user by default. In CentOS's case, a user following that will get the message <username> is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. (or something similar.). -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Spike: Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
