On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Dylan Hardison wrote:
>
>> as root:
>>
>> cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
>
> Hi Dylan!
>
> Pete@desk:~$ root
> bash: root: command not found
> Pete@desk:~$ su
> Password:
> root@desk:/home/Pete# cp/ usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New York /etc/localtime
> bash: cp/: No such file or directory
> root@desk:/home/Pete#
Fix the typo: "cp/ usr/..." -> "cp /usr/..." . And you can do "sudo cp ..."
instead of "su" then "cp ..." (assuming sudo is set up that way). I
usually do "su -" instead of just "su" so it processes root's rc files
too. Makes sure PATH and all the aliases are the way root likes them.
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