From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 18 13:20:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1214C16A401 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:20:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B839413C428 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:20:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l1IDK3Er078813; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:20:03 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070218071919.02750ae8@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:19:50 -0600 To: "Rajen Jani (BT Yahoo! Broadband)" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <45D84A12.8060302@btinternet.com> References: <45D84A12.8060302@btinternet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Permission Denied X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:20:47 -0000 You are su'ing to your account. You need to just: su or su root -Derek At 06:44 AM 2/18/2007, Rajen Jani (BT Yahoo! Broadband) wrote: >Hello everyone, > > I have installed FreeBSD clean from start but everytime I try >to do something like say run ./configure >on my home directory, I get the "permission denied" message. Can anyone >help me please. When i type in >"su rajen" it seems to log me in but it doesn't ask me for the root >password. > >Thanks > >Rajen > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.