Network configure program "SU" is broken
Hello, This program crashed on boot once, and now i can not use internet through my wireless network. It will connect just fine, but it does not enable it for use through the internet. I know how to configure all that good stuff, but when used in the terminal and through the GUI it will not run the program that sets what network interface to use for the internet. Thanks for any help you can provide, Nick S. Biggest computer statements ever: It said "Insert Disk 3" but only two will fit inside. Out of my mind, back in 5 minutes. No sense being pessimistic, It wouldn't work anyway... Half the people you know are below average intelligence. Nick Schmidt, KL0VJ, Ham radio operator for 5 years --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.
On Wednesday 04 January 2006 17:16, Nick Schmidt wrote:
Hello, This program crashed on boot once, and now i can not use internet through my wireless network. It will connect just fine, but it does not enable it for use through the internet. I know how to configure all that good stuff, but when used in the terminal and through the GUI it will not run the program that sets what network interface to use for the internet.
From the man pages for SU: NAME su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs So what program were you trying to run using su??? I really don't have a clue to what you were trying to do. And actually, su doesn't run anything... it just puts you into a shell as it says above. Details please.
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@bmarsh.com> wrote: On Wednesday 04 January 2006 17:16, Nick Schmidt wrote:
Hello, This program crashed on boot once, and now i can not use internet through my wireless network. It will connect just fine, but it does not enable it for use through the internet. I know how to configure all that good stuff, but when used in the terminal and through the GUI it will not run the program that sets what network interface to use for the internet.
From the man pages for SU:
NAME su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs So what program were you trying to run using su??? I really don't have a clue to what you were trying to do. And actually, su doesn't run anything... it just puts you into a shell as it says above. Details please. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com The shell was what crashed, i am honestly not sure what it was doing inside the network configure menu anyways. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.
On Wednesday 04 January 2006 18:46, Nick Schmidt wrote:
The shell was what crashed, i am honestly not sure what it was doing inside the network configure menu anyways.
su doesn't have anything to do with networks. That's what the confusion is all about.
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@bmarsh.com> wrote: On Wednesday 04 January 2006 18:46, Nick Schmidt wrote:
The shell was what crashed, i am honestly not sure what it was doing inside the network configure menu anyways.
su doesn't have anything to do with networks. That's what the confusion is all about. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com Okay, I managed to do some research of my own, and this puzzles me. to configure which network is used for the internet, I need root privileges. This is all fine and dandy, but the fact is when it says this I am using root as a log in (I use root only to change settings, sort of to protect the computer from me) Inadequate permissions does not seem right for this, seeing as root is the unlimited setting account. Is there any way to reset the "SU" permissions so that I can manipulate this setting again? Thanks, Biggest computer statements ever: It said "Insert Disk 3" but only two will fit inside. Out of my mind, back in 5 minutes. No sense being pessimistic, It wouldn't work anyway... Half the people you know are below average intelligence. Nick Schmidt, KL0VJ, Ham radio operator for 5 years --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less
On Wednesday, January 04, 2006 @ 10:48 PM, Nick Schmidt wrote:
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@bmarsh.com> wrote: On Wednesday 04 January 2006 18:46, Nick Schmidt wrote:
The shell was what crashed, i am honestly not sure what it was doing inside the network configure menu anyways.
su doesn't have anything to do with networks. That's what the confusion is
all about.
Okay, I managed to do some research of my own, and this puzzles me. to configure which network is used for the internet, I need root privileges. This is all fine and dandy, but the fact is when it says this I am using root as a log in (I use root only to change settings, sort of to protect the computer from me) Inadequate permissions does not seem right for this, seeing as root is the unlimited setting account. Is there any way to reset the "SU" permissions so that I can manipulate this setting again? Thanks,
Nick Schmidt, KL0VJ, Ham radio operator for 5 years
Nick: What Bruce is saying is that su has nothing to do with your problem. Su says change the id of the current shell to another user (which can be root). If you had 2 users set up on your machine, you could open 3 shells, use one shell as yourself, use su to set one shell to the other regular user, and use su to set the 3rd shell to root. Then, the privileges associated with whatever command you enter in any of the shells is determined by the user that that shell is set to. Maybe I'm giving you information you already know, but it seemed like you were a bit confused about what su did. In your case, if you log in as root, any shell you pull up should behave the same as if you had logged in as a regular user and done an su to root. So, 'reset the "SU" permissions', you are talking about something that makes no sense (no offense intended). Maybe I've misread your note somehow, but it seems to me that you are not really understanding the functionality of the su statement itself. Greg Wallace
On Thursday 05 January 2006 02:48, Nick Schmidt wrote:
Okay, I managed to do some research of my own, and this puzzles me. to configure which network is used for the internet, I need root privileges. This is all fine and dandy, but the fact is when it says this I am using root as a log in (I use root only to change settings, sort of to protect the computer from me) Inadequate permissions does not seem right for this, seeing as root is the unlimited setting account. Is there any way to reset the "SU" permissions so that I can manipulate this setting again? Thanks,
Why don't we stand back and start from scratch... Describe your network and how you wish to connect to it. Cable, DSL? Dialup? Router or not? etc.... What you're saying doesn't make any sense and we have no idea what you are trying to accomplish or what commands you are trying to issue.
On Wed January 4 2006 5:16 pm, Nick Schmidt wrote:
This program crashed on boot once, and now i can not use internet through my wireless network. It will connect just fine, but it does not enable it for use through the internet. I know how to configure all that good stuff, but when used in the terminal and through the GUI it will not run the program that sets what network interface to use for the internet.
someone just pointed me to a program called netgo, which works like a dream!! lets you change from a wireless to wired connection, repair connections.... -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800
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