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From: happytoday on 20 Feb 2010 11:26
On Feb 20, 4:16 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber...(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
> hume.spamfil...(a)bofh.ca wrote:
> > Richard B. Gilbert <rgilber...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> >> As usual, what the OP wrote is lost in the mists of time.  Overly
> >> vigorous trimming has not helped matters much.
>
> > The "mists of time" being three days ago.  You need to have a talk with your
> > Usenet provider.
>
> >> Booting from the CD/DVD, as I suggested, gives you a minimal system that
> >>  should run on just about any supported hardware configuration and,
>
> > And it does absolutely nothing to fix the problem.  His system is up, his
> > system is functional, and he has access to root.  Walking him through the
> > steps of HOW to boot from DVD, and then HOW to mount his existing filesystems,
> > puts us back in the SAME PLACE of trying to figure out what's wrong with
> > his system so he can fix it in the first place.
>
> >> which drivers are available.  It is an occasionally useful technique
> >> but not the solution to every problem.
>
> > Which is why you try to find out what's really going on.  You don't read the
> > simple question "how do i find out if root's homedir exists" and say "OMG NO
> > ROOT HOMEDIR his system is wrecked now I can show my leet skillz!"
>
> > But then you wouldn't be able to take little holier-than-thou "I expect a
> > little more!" potshots at people, would you?
>
> Thank you for the lecture!
>
> In order to find out if root's home directory exists, you must first
> find out where it is supposed to be.  It defaults to "/".  AFAIK it
> *could* be anywhere in the directory tree!
>
> And if I'm "holier-than-thou" I'm sure that the deficiency is yours!
>
> )*(

I am so sorry for such a thread . Problem solved . It defaults to "/"
of course
From: hume.spamfilter on 22 Feb 2010 10:23
happytoday <ehabaziz2001(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I am so sorry for such a thread . Problem solved . It defaults to "/"
> of course

I'm glad you got it fixed, and you're not in any way responsible for the
argument here.

--
Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/
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