Where's Konqueror in SU
David
dgboles at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 13:12:58 UTC 2009
On 11/4/2009 7:47 AM, Karel Volný wrote:
> On Monday 02 of November 2009 14:54:08 David wrote:
>> You, sir, are advocating one of the major 'stupid Windows
>> users' arguments for Linux. Run as root.
>
> um, I still do not get it - why do you keep talking about
> Windows? ... it is Fedora here
>
> and you *need* to use root to achieve some things, like editing
> configfiles or so
>
> so, what is wrong about using Konqueror as root?
>
> is, for example, Midnight commander any better? - or typing "cd
> something; ls; cd something; ls ..." in bash?
>
> is it just because you hate Konqueror, or you hate GUI in
> general?
>
> no one ever on this thread was talking about "doing everything as
> root" which seems to be the thing you argue against
>
>> The point is, I believe, that to disable root is considered a
>> good thing.
>
> "is considered"? - no, *you* and a few others consider ... but
> there is also a number of people that disagree - do not promote
> your personal opinion to the ultimate truth(tm)
>
> you want to babysit the others
>
> I want the freedom
>
>> Those that disagree with that thought and wish to
>> open their system that way are free to do so.
>
> no, they are not free - they have to overcome the obstacles put
> by the other group
>
>> Those that do
>> not know *how* to do that probably should *not* do that.
>>
>> Makes sense to me.
>
> to me, it does not - I really do not understand why should I
> study tons of TFM just to learn how to allow me to edit a
> configfile or whatever
set by step volumes (tons?) of TFM
1: login in as user.
2: as user open a terminal window
3: switch from the user to root using steps 3a and 3b
3a: type su - <enter> at the prompt
3b: enter root's password <enter> at the prompt
4: type konqueror & <enter> (the & lets you keep the terminal)
5: move through the tree to the configuration file location
6: open the file and edit it
7: save the file as edited
8: logout as root and then logout as user or just close the terminal
window.
Simple enough for ya? This is Linux 101 stuff here friend.
--
David
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