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pigwot is offline pigwot
2007-05-24 , 13:45
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Had a medical procedure yesterday; and afterward in the fog of in and out of anesthesia grogginess I was playing with getting the Holux GPS paired with the N800 and setting up maemo mapper. I installed becomeroot as per the maemo mapper instructions at:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=4024
but now in xterm I can't seem to use "sudo <command>" as the N800 doesn't recognize my root password??? If I type "sudo gainroot" I get a root prompt? Is this usual behavior?
 
lucky-luke is offline lucky-luke
2007-05-24 , 14:21
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typing "sudo gainroot" should display a root prompt.
 
Tragos is offline Tragos
2007-05-24 , 16:21
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Originally Posted by pigwot View Post
-- but now in xterm I can't seem to use "sudo <command>" as the N800 doesn't recognize my root password??? If I type "sudo gainroot" I get a root prompt? Is this usual behavior?
Yes, that is the normal behavior.

Sudo asks for the password of user, not root. User is only allowed to use sudo for those commands which are specified in file /etc/sudoers. Google "man sudo" to find more information about how to use sudo and edit /etc/sudoers.
 

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