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Re: what the hell?

From William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: what the hell?
Date 2015-12-24 00:28 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <n5fe7q$b4o$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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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.
What it means is that only root can carry out the "requested operation",
whatever it was. Use sudo, or su and try again.

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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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