On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 10:18:20AM +0100, Debian User wrote: > Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent > permitted by applicable law. > No mail. > kim@debian:~$ su ^^ Bzzt. This gives you a root shell with your user's environment. (think: are /sbin and /usr/sbin in your user's PATH ??) > Password: > debian:/home/kim# dpkg-reconfigure netbase > bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found If you insist on using su this way, try # /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure (locate is your friend). Better yet, use $ su - to become root. I use sudo myself, but there are some here who would rather cut off their arm than use sudo. > Everyone says use dpkg-reconfigure. But there's no > --reconfigure option in man dpkg and it doesn't work. > HAve I messed up installation or am I looking for > help in the wrong place? Neither, you're just at a steep point on the learning curve apparently. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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