On Monday 19 October 2009, Melissa Bougor wrote: >I have installed fedora 11 on a 1 tbyte hard drive we bought to use as a > server to run fog. The directions in fog tell me to logon as root and then > install fog version 0.28 in the /opt folder. I tried to login in as root > using the terminal but fog still would not install into the /opt folder. I > have tried to follow all the directions given but with no success in it > working. I don't think I have logged onto root right. I am new at linux > so I need someone to walk me through. This would benefit our school > district if I can get it to work. > >Thanks >Melissa > Melissa: one of the more common newbie related mistakes made is when doing the su to get root privs, the - is left out, so you are still working in the users environment, albeit with root privs. The correct syntax is: su - and answer the passwd prompt. You will then have roots environment, including the portions of the $PATH variable that give access to root tools. I'm not saying that is your problem, but it is a common problem. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Save the Whales -- Harpoon a Honda. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines