Running as root ( was Re: Change Permissions (snip)..Problem Solved )

[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

Derek Broughton wrote:

> Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:
> 
> > Indeed. Being from an old school where GUI's were few and far
> > between and rodent's useless, I'm more comfortable at the command
> > line for most of the "low level" stuff. 
> 
> Hey!  I was using Unix when Linus was in diapers (OK, maybe not quite
> then - but I think am quite a bit older than Linus).  I've just
> preferred guis since I first met them (fortunately, it was OS/2
> before Windows...)

<laughing>

The first thing I did with a "modern" GUI was coral it into a curses
style box at the command prompt so it wasn't in my way, but I could
still sneer at the visible upper right quadrant of the thing. 

Now that I think about it, I've been doing nothing but that in one
metaphorical sense or another ever since. :)

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