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| From | ray carter <ray@zianet.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: what the hell? |
| Date | 2015-12-24 15:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <de2gurFp93nU6@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <n5f44j$rr4$1@speranza.aioe.org> <n5fe7q$b4o$1@dont-email.me> <n5glos$3cl$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 11:43:25 +0000, Henry Wilson wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:28:42 +0000, William Unruh wrote: > >> On 2015-12-23, HGW <hw@> wrote: >>> What does this mean? >>> 'requested operation requires superuser privilege' >>> >>> How the hell am I supposed to do anything with terminal when this >>> comes up? >>> >>> >> Since you do not tell us what you were trying to do, we cannot help >> you. > > I was doing exactly what some expert told me to do. I copied the command > that was supposed to install a package. > >> What it means is that only root can carry out the "requested >> operation", >> whatever it was. Use sudo, or su and try again. > > Why doesn't Linux get rid of such unnecessary complications? If you don't like it, you can always run everything with root privilege, though it's not recommended for security reasons. It's an important protection rather than an unnecessary complication, IMHO.
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what the hell? HGW <hw@...> - 2015-12-24 08:36 +1100
Re: what the hell? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-12-23 22:46 +0100
Re: what the hell? Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2015-12-23 23:58 +0000
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-24 00:28 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-24 11:43 +0000
Re: what the hell? "D. Lowe" <d.lowe@openmailbox.org> - 2015-12-24 11:57 +0000
Re: what the hell? "D. Lowe" <d.lowe@openmailbox.org> - 2015-12-24 12:00 +0000
Re: what the hell? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-12-24 08:01 -0600
Re: what the hell? "Carlos E.R." <cer@invalid.es> - 2015-12-24 15:02 +0100
Re: what the hell? Andreas Kohlbach <decem15.8.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-12-24 17:19 -0500
Re: what the hell? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-01-05 12:36 +0100
Re: what the hell? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-05 18:46 +0000
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-24 12:22 +0000
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-24 12:23 +0000
Re: what the hell? "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2016-01-05 10:53 -0800
Re: what the hell? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-05 19:16 +0000
Re: what the hell? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-01-06 00:40 +0100
Re: what the hell? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-01-06 03:13 +0000
Re: what the hell? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2015-12-24 13:52 +0100
Re: what the hell? Andreas Kohlbach <decem15.8.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-12-24 17:23 -0500
Re: what the hell? "Carlos E.R." <cer@invalid.es> - 2015-12-24 15:05 +0100
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-24 14:24 +0000
Re: what the hell? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-01-05 12:38 +0100
Re: what the hell? Andreas Kohlbach <decem15.8.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2015-12-24 17:28 -0500
Re: what the hell? William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-12-25 16:51 +0000
Re: what the hell? ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-12-24 15:23 +0000
Re: what the hell? Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2015-12-24 16:52 +0000
Re: what the hell? Doug Laidlaw <doug@douglaidlaw.net> - 2015-12-25 04:16 +1100
Re: what the hell? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-12-24 09:35 -0800
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-24 18:23 +0000
Re: what the hell? Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2015-12-24 23:20 +0000
Re: what the hell? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-12-24 15:27 -0800
Re: what the hell? HGW <hw@...> - 2015-12-25 12:18 +1100
Re: what the hell? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-12-24 17:29 -0800
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 02:39 +0000
Re: what the hell? HGW <hw@...> - 2015-12-25 15:54 +1100
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-25 09:41 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 11:18 +0000
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 16:16 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 19:35 +0000
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-25 19:48 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 21:02 +0000
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-25 21:47 +0000
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-25 15:43 -0600
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-26 10:42 +0000
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 21:08 +0000
Re: what the hell? pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-12-30 09:23 -0800
Re: what the hell? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-12-25 15:22 -0600
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 21:50 +0000
Re: what the hell? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-12-27 03:50 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 21:00 -0500
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-26 03:55 +0000
Re: what the hell? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-12-25 20:52 -0800
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-26 10:01 -0600
Re: what the hell? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-12-26 11:41 -0800
Re: what the hell? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-12-26 00:16 -0600
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-26 10:47 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 13:40 -0500
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-26 19:38 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 16:27 -0500
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-26 11:40 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 13:32 -0500
Re: what the hell? HGW <HG@...> - 2015-12-27 00:41 +0000
Re: what the hell? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-12-27 20:24 +0000
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-27 15:36 -0600
Re: what the hell? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-01-05 12:54 +0100
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-01-05 08:01 -0600
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-01-05 14:29 +0000
Re: what the hell? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-12-27 03:50 +0000
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-25 10:06 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 11:22 +0000
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-25 16:03 +0000
Re: what the hell? HGW <HG@...> - 2015-12-27 00:41 +0000
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-27 00:47 +0000
Re: what the hell? HGW <hw@...> - 2015-12-25 12:20 +1100
Re: what the hell? "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2016-01-05 10:43 -0800
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-01-05 19:50 +0000
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