for me, i login as root in the console and executing 'nautilus' and it works fine .. just be careful once you'll delete folders i think it will not ask for confirmation... btw, im using fedora core2 On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 16:31, Danielb wrote: > Hi, > > I've just started to use Fedora and I must say its the only > Linux distro I've tried with a GUI thats felt as slick as > WinXP and MasOC X so well done on that! I usually try to > install and use *nix (tried SUSE, Mandrake & FreeBSD so > far)on my spare PC every 9 months or so but give up in > frustration shortly afterwords when I try and get things > configured. Fedora seems to be allot nicer to get set-up > and running though, so things are looking good! > > I'm still having some problems getting my apache/mysql > installation going, its mainly things like how to be able > to copy files (myphpadmin to be exact) in the file > browser(explorer/finder like app) without having to log in > as SU/root, I know how to use SU in a terminal but how do I > do it in the file browser? Also can anyone tell me the > terminal copy command for copying a directory and its > contents (files & folders) to another location? > > While I am at it what is your opinions on Oreilly's 'Linux > in a Nutshell' book? I want to get a good book that will > introduce me into how Linux works and as a command/system > reference while I get my feet would this book be suitible > for this? > > Amazon link to 'Linux in a Nutshell': > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596004826/ref=ord_cart_shr/026-2807847-2059656?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE > > Cheers, > > DanielB -- ========= Kent Emia Registered Linux User # 342784 ========= --
