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Slim Case
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 Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: Is it too late to turn back? |
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What started out as a 'kick the tires' of Slackware has developed into
something more. New to Linux and have...like an dumbass.....installed
new video drivers, plugins to Firefox etc, fixed the Mouse Wheel
problem all in ROOT. Yes I did.....didn't think I'd like Slackware
but have come to like it. Question can I transfer all my 'upgrades'
over to a new user without driving myself crazy or do I have to
install them again signed in as that new user? |
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notbob
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: Re: Is it too late to turn back? |
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On 2008-11-15, Slim Case <slimcase@clean.air> wrote:
| Quote: | What started out as a 'kick the tires' of Slackware has developed into
something more. New to Linux and have...like an dumbass.....installed
new video drivers, plugins to Firefox etc, fixed the Mouse Wheel
problem all in ROOT. Yes I did.....didn't think I'd like Slackware
but have come to like it.
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HAH! We trapped another one. Welcome aboard. :)
| Quote: | Question can I transfer all my 'upgrades'
over to a new user without driving myself crazy or do I have to
install them again signed in as that new user?
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Usually, system and environment upgrades are done as root, anyway, so it
shouldn't be a problem. Add a new user with adduser command and log in as
that user. Many programs have a universal/system wide configuration file in
the /etc directory, but you can further customize a program for each user by
copying configuration files to a user's home directory and further editing
them. Configuration files are often a .config or .cfg or .conf suffix.
Also look for files that end in rc (ex: .bashrc).
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Al
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Is it too late to turn back? |
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Yes, it's too late. Forever hooked.
Slim Case wrote:
| Quote: | What started out as a 'kick the tires' of Slackware has developed into
something more. New to Linux and have...like an dumbass.....installed
new video drivers, plugins to Firefox etc, fixed the Mouse Wheel
problem all in ROOT. Yes I did.....didn't think I'd like Slackware
but have come to like it. Question can I transfer all my 'upgrades'
over to a new user without driving myself crazy or do I have to
install them again signed in as that new user?
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Most "system level" vid driver perhaps mouse wheel maybe also firef plugins
I must become root to do/accomplish system level things
things at the system level are just that -- so that any and all users use
it/the_system due to what root did is system wide which means all users of
the system will get it (vid drivr, etc.) just like what root did to
it/system.
firef plugins go to a certain folder under firef (so I guess this is a
system level or system wide thing).
Any user specific things are in
/home/whichever_user
or, in root's case:
/root
root@G33T-M2:~# pwd
/root
root@G33T-M2:~# ls -la
total 300
drwx--x--- 8 root root 4096 2008-11-03 21:45 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2008-11-15 22:33 ../
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-10-30 23:04 .ICEauthority
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2008-10-12 15:26 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 root root 5937 2008-11-15 22:44 .bash_history
Above, in root's home the ls -la command lists all files
(the above directory not system wide) but (if there are any-> root only
customizations reside here. So, if you have any, just get a copy of them
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