From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 26 16:11:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 979FF16A4CF for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:11:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D8043D41 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:11:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C32569A71; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:11:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:11:23 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: rajunpl@yahoo.co.uk Message-Id: <20040926121123.40fa439b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@FreeBSD.org cc: rajunpl@hotmail.com Subject: Re: question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:11:25 -0000 "raju raju" wrote: > > % man 1 chmo > > whaT does (%) sign means here? root ,user or something else? % is the prompt. In the FreeBSD docs, the % prompt means the example was done as root, while the $ prompt means that the example was done as a normal user. Most shells have a configurable prompt, so the prompts on your machine may not be $ and %. For example, on my computer: bash-2.05b$ su Password: working# -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com