On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 03:47:35PM -0500, donald szatkowski wrote: > Matthew Wood wrote: > > >I am very new to linux, in fact i have only used it for about 2 hours > >before i wrote this email. i cannot write anything to the following > >directory /user/local/lib. I need to be able to, so that i an install > >MPlayer. How can i resolve this. > > > ><html><DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><EM>Matthew > >Wood</EM></FONT></DIV></html> > > > > > Matthew, when you get time please read about file permissions! This > should help a lot. But, to the immediate problem. You need to have > "root" permission to write to those files. To do this issue the shell > command "su" followed by the root password. Now you can install your > program. Don't forget to "exit" the superuser position prior to trying > anything else! You can cause irreperable system damage if you are not > careful and knowledgable of what you do! > > A tip from your old uncle Don > su - would be better, because then you get root in roots environment. But after two hours of use that might not mean much to you. But I would use su - until you become more knowledgeable. -- ======================================================================= Many people resent being treated like the person they really are. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
