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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.
What's the least-scary approach that retains the convenience of Ximian Red Carpet? Note, I would prefer not to change my root password after every time I run the utility. That way lies madness or the risk of forgetting the root pw... -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 1.0.2 NEW: Advogato diary at www.advogato.org/person/riggwelter
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