/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

[Nils Kassube]

Gérard BIGOT wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2008 4:48 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Gérard BIGOT wrote:
> > > Did you use sudo? #, in  ubuntu case means 'please use sudo before
> > > this Command'.
> >
> > That's the first time I read something about this special meaning. It
> > seems very strange to me, can you tell me where it is documented? And
> > how should I know, if I'm new to Ubuntu?
>
> It may be said in a strange way. But, Ubuntu doesn't open Root account,
> the one noted by # at the prompt, instead of your $.

OK, there may be a '#' at the prompt, if you run a root shell, but then 
you don't need sudo. And if I see a line starting with '#', it is a 
comment line for me, because that's what a '#' is used for in a shell 
script.


Nils