Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 19:44:15 +1100 (EST) From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: Zsolt Szabadi <zsolts@cats.ucsc.edu>, "'BSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: login for the first time Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961221194049.11072B-100000@zipper.zip.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961220222912.244M-100000@localhost>
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On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Doug White wrote:
> 4. Logout; login as yourself.
> 5. Anytime you need superuser access, run the 'su' command and give
> root's password at the Password: prompt.
Whoah!
That's what they all told me, causing much grief.
I was supposed to know that there's some things you can't do after simply
typing 'su', and that to become a real root for a while you have to type 'su -'
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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