Eben King wrote:
>> 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.
Hi Eben!
Pete@desk:~$ su
Password:
root@desk:/home/Pete# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
root@desk:/home/Pete#
Don't know if it did anything, though.
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