--- Pam R <pamroberts@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
I've just migrated to SuSE 8.0 and have seen several references in this mailing list to running SuSEconfig after updating. Would some kind soul please explain why SuSEconfig should be run, and when,, and what exactly dies it do?
TIA Pam (refugee from Caldera)
Pam, I am new SuSE user too (refugee from Mandrake!) but I'll take a stab at this (and hope that one of the smart people on this list will correct me if I'm wrong!). I believe SuSEconfig is a script that updates variables, settings etc. whenever you run YaST2 (the update utility). In other words, if you run YaST2, you will see SuSEconfig run automatically at the end. However, if you, for example, download and install a rpm yourself (say, the new mozilla rpm), you will need to run SuSEconfig manually to make sure those global changes are done. The way to do that is to su to root and run: /sbin/SuSEconfig. HTH Cheers, Charles __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com