ISP Server Setup - OpenSUSE 10 RC 1

[Emarzee]

whoami shows me as root

the other says

-rw-r--r-- l root root 788 2005-10-10 20:01 /etc/fstab

whats all that mean? im guessing 10-10 is when i installed?
gotta go to work be back later thanks for your help!!

[falko]

Originally Posted by Emarzee

whoami shows me as root

the other says

-rw-r--r-- l root root 788 2005-10-10 20:01 /etc/fstab

whats all that mean?

rw-r--r-- are the permissions for the owner, the group and the others. r means read, w means write, and x means execute.
root root means the file is owned by the user group and the group root. 788 is the file size in bytes. 2005-10-10 20:01 is the date when the file was last modified.
Which editor do you use for editing /etc/fstab?

[Emarzee]

Originally Posted by falko

rw-r--r-- are the permissions for the owner, the group and the others. r means read, w means write, and x means execute.
root root means the file is owned by the user group and the group root. 788 is the file size in bytes. 2005-10-10 20:01 is the date when the file was last modified.
Which editor do you use for editing /etc/fstab?

i dont think im using an editor im just inside of the console(like DOS?)
just typing it in.

[falko]

Originally Posted by Emarzee

i dont think im using an editor im just inside of the console(like DOS?)
just typing it in.

Then what command do you use to edit /etc/fstab? Something like

vi /etc/fstab

?

[Emarzee]

what im trying to say is im a total new and dont even know any of this stuff im just learning as i go along.

[falko]

I guess you just typed in /etc/fstab on the shell, right? This doesn't work. You have to use an editor like vi to open the file and edit it. E.g.,

vi /etc/fstab

will open /etc/fstab in the editor vi.

Read how to use vi here: http://www.rru.com/~meo/useful/vi/vi.intro.html

If this is too complicated, you could use WinSCP to copy the file to your Windows machine and edit it there (but make sure to save the file with Unix linebreaks!).

[Emarzee]

OK
thanks but, how do i even start vi??? i see nothing on that...

[Emarzee]

could i do all of this stuff with the gui enabled??
is there a specific reason besides resiurces i guess that you want it to run text only? can i log in after a reboot in text only mode if i install a gui?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Emarzee

OK
thanks but, how do i even start vi??? i see nothing on that...

Simply by typing

vi /etc/fstab

[falko]

Originally Posted by Emarzee

could i do all of this stuff with the gui enabled??
is there a specific reason besides resiurces i guess that you want it to run text only? can i log in after a reboot in text only mode if i install a gui?

You can open a shell window in your desktop environment. In that window type

su

and then root's password, that will make you root, and then run

vi /etc/fstab