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Article:		Installing XFree86 on Mac OS X
Subject:		superuser problems
Date:		2001-07-22 08:09:56
From:		fbozenhardt
Hi there! When I try to install the package with 'sudo root', I do not gain access to the 'X11R6' directory. When I specify my standard user's password to 'sudo', it complains 'sudo: root: unknown command' which is intrinsically correct, since 'root' is in fact no command. Being a newbie to UNIX, I can't see through the whole thing. When I log in as root user, the installation succeeds so far, however, I'm not able to create the '.tcshrc' file in my standard user's home directory then. A little help would be great!

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• superuser problems
  2001-07-23 04:04:08  tirien [View]
  
  
  Hi,
  
  I also used "root" to install the thing. I logged in under my normal ID, then used "su" to change to root, did the install, then went back to my own ID with "exit". Then made the .tcshrc file.
  
  Good luck,
  TiRien
• superuser problems
  2001-08-06 22:44:23  espinoza [View]
  
  
  Hi...
  This may come a little late but.. after loggin in using the administrator account try opening a new shell as root (this is what I did)
  >sudo tcsh
  and use your administrator password. You should be logged as root after this and be able to start the installation.
  
  Exit the session to go back to the admin. account and create the .tcshrc file.
  
  It worked for me...
  
  BTW I didn't have trouble closing the session... got the spinning beach ball and everything.
  
  Good luck,
  
  Mr. E.