On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 06:04:01PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:59:47AM -0500, Ken Januski wrote: > > Let me rephrase the question. I've never used fakeroot or sudo but > > realize that they allow root privileges without being root. What I'm > > wondering, and I know this is very basic, is why it is better to do > > whatever you're doing as a fake root rather than as the real root? Is it > > a matter of security, convenience, what? > > You don't really have to be root and you are not really root. Think about > it, if anyone could "fakeroot ~user/script/replace_passwd".. > > Just a few general pointers: > > 1. You do not need to put the kernel source in /usr/src/linux. In fact, > it can only cause you unforeseen confusion and hassle. Just put the only on distros that where red hats. (read pretty much all of them except debian). -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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