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James, Ahhh... Thanks for a concise and useful (for this linux doofus) reply. I was unaware of sux. Or, if I ever read about it, I didn't realize the implications at the time. Now I recognize at least one or two ... Very handy. So-o-o-o... then my next question would be... between your suggestions a) and b), is there a reason (like security or some other implication of which I'm unaware) to choose one solution over the other? The solution with "sux -" seems much more convenient. Is there an implication/hazard that the more roundabout procedure would avoid? And for bonus points: Does Red Carpet use only the RPM database on my system, or would installing packages individually (by hand) cause Red Carpet to "lose sync" on those packages? Regards, /kevin On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 11:50, James Ogley wrote:
Either:
a) If you really want to use Red Carpet (which occasionally will want you to randomly remove various packages (often KDE related packages, I've noticed...), use good ol' sux to give yourself a root session with X settings within your normal user login
(Tue 26 Mar 2002 15:16) ogley@jogley:pts/0 ~> sux - Password: jogley:~ # red-carpet
b) Use your unpriviledged Red Carpet sess to see what's available, then point your favorite FTP client at spidermonkey.ximian.com and download the packages, then install them as root.
[snip administrivia] -- Kevin McLauchlan Chrysalis-ITS, Inc. "Ultimate Trust(TM)"