Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:09:11 -0500 From: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: Craig Boston <craig@meoqu.gank.org>, Gunnar Flygt <gunnar.flygt@sr.se> Cc: Richard Nyberg <rnyberg@it.su.se>, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, Gordon Broom <gjbroom@alumni.uwaterloo.ca>, ajs@labs.mot.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mozilla window won't open after upgrade - FIXED Message-ID: <200302271209.11075.bts@babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <1046360421.31233.10.camel@owen1492.uf.corelab.com> References: <39332.1046321265@selfstyled.dyndns.org> <20030227100746.GB38464@sr.se> <1046360421.31233.10.camel@owen1492.uf.corelab.com>
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On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:40 am, Craig Boston wrote: | Of course, this was most likely an indirect result of my slightly | nonstandard umask of 0027 (that I forgot to reset after a "su"), so | it shouldn't affect most people. I strongly recommend always using "su -" instead of "su" to switch to root; it ensures that your "regular" environment doesn't "pollute" your root environment. Frequently less convenient in the short term but it saves a lot of aggrevation with issues like this. -- Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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