Linux for Morons?

mrweasel · Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:23:22 Post Subject: Linux for Morons?

Alright, this is starting to piss me off. Mad

It's been about 10 years since I used Unix and I've been trying to play with ubuntu, but everytime I try and do something (like install F@H, AV, etc) I have to jump through hoops to get permissions.

Is there a good beginner's guide for basic stuff?

**Modulok** · Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:41:51 Post Subject:

http://linuxcommand.org/lts0070.php
http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+permissions&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

mrweasel · Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:50:34 Post Subject:

thanks, but I think I need the BIG 'tards-user version. My brain is too used to GUIs. The command-line part of my brain died a long time ago Sad

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:24:19 Post Subject:

Try Windows.

Laughing

(BTW.. if you're running Mac OS X you already have Unix... BSD to be exact)

Telexen · Rated PG Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 6

I haven't seen anything that specifically covers permissions for noobs, but I'm sure a Google search would give you something that would explain it all...in a lot of words.

It's actually very simple. If you're trying to install something - chances are it's going to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. Regular users do not have permissions to this, so do *that* as root.

you can always check the permissions and owner/group of a folder/file with "ls -lah", so you can see if it's writable for the "users" group.

mrweasel · Posted: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:53:21 Post Subject:

edvallie · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:42:31 Post Subject:

shoot me a message on aim with any perticular problems your having, i'd be happy to help out.

'sudo command' to run the command as root.

if you dont have permissions to execute a file
'sudo chmod +x filename'

mrweasel · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:41:02 Post Subject:

maybe I need another version...is there one that uses root as default?

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:54:48 Post Subject:

I think you can make CentOS auto-login as root... or you can at least login as root if you don't want it automated.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:39:38 Post Subject:

I'm kinda partial to Suse... no real reason really except when I first installed it about 2 years ago on a laptop it auto-installed all drivers and worked perfectly.