Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:27:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: gkaplan <gkaplan@castle.net> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: source module update Message-ID: <XFMail.990417192756.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <3717824B.D63EA6EF@castle.net>
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On 16-Apr-99 gkaplan wrote:
> 1.) one files downloaded ( a html file ) has a file name that beings
> with a initial tilde. When I tried reading the file using lynx several
> different expression for the file name:
> 1.a lynx ~xyz.html this returned the message `` badly formatted
> address ''
> 1.b lynx \~xyz.html from the lynx context this displayed the root
> directory.
> 1.c lynx ./~xyz.html lynx opened showing the file that I expected to
> see.
> What is the explanation for my results.
Logical:
~ = $HOME
The tilde gets expanded to yer homedirectory...
> 2.) the source file which was sent as xyz.src.tar.gz was saved as
> xyz_src_tar_tar . I know that this is not strictly speaking a freebsd
> question but...
It's a mishap of Windows... Just rename the file afterwards...
> 3.) following the suggested command sequence to create and executable
> module:
> $ tar xvfz xyx.src.tar.gz
> $ cd xyz-*
> $ make
> $ su
> executing as a non privileged user this command sequence failed on the
> last command . The question then is how do I change my group privileges
> from the default to wheel ? How do I avoid breaking security? Have I
> done something that would confuse the package database in that the
> update that I have downloaded from the current development site is
> already installed, in the form of an earlier version, from the 2.2.8
> RELEASE cd?
Log in as root, then vi /etc/group and add yer login name after the
wheel:0: part...
Then log out, log in as yerself and do a su -m.
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