-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04 Jan 2003 20:23:08 +0100, Paul Ryan wrote: > When I paste it in with the dollar sign I get this Nah, don't include the prefix. ;) It is the bash shell prompt of an ordinary user whereas '#' would be the prompt of super-user "root". In examples which include also the _output_ of commands, it makes more clear what the commands are and what the output is. Example: $ cd /etc $ pwd /etc $ which fsck /usr/bin/which: no fsck in (/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/ms/bin) $ su --login root Password: # which fsck /sbin/fsck A side-effect of including the prompt in examples is that newbies who cut'n'paste a bad example into their shell including the prompt won't damage their system by accident. The '#' prefix saves the rest of the line from being executed (when using '$' you get an error as you've seen). In the following example (don't try this!) I use '>' as the prompt: > # rm -f /boot/vmlinuz > > ll /boot/vmlinuz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Dec 27 18:51 /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.20-2.2 > As you can see, "rm -f /boot/vmlinuz" did not remove the file. Probably confusing, but some of us have reasons to post examples in that format. > [root@localhost hugo]# apropos ext2 fsck > debugfs (8) - ext2 file system debugger > dump (8) - ext2 filesystem backup > dump [rdump] (8) - ext2 filesystem backup [snip] > > [root@localhost hugo]# rpm --query e2fsprogs > e2fsprogs-1.27-9 > [root@localhost hugo]# > > Looks like it's installed to me,but as a newbie ?? Most likely you switch to user "root" without logging in as "root". When doing that you don't inherit root's search path for executables, the PATH environment variable, which would include the path to system administration tools in /sbin and /usr/sbin, for instance. Use "su --login root" or "su -l root" or "su -", but not "su". - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+F1Kg0iMVcrivHFQRAkBiAJ9bB++ZXIZ3jJ5WXfi3Z2T83BwM6ACfVYL+ j1AY032JWv7ohjkePq2OHgw= =qKwV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
