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Thanks for the reply Have done so :D created /var/root chown root.wheel /var/root chmod 0700 /root Now all seems OK I wasn't sure whether root's home directory contained anything that other user's didn't have, but have had other replies elsewhere that confirmed your thoughts So...

Hi Open a terminal type sudo vi /etc/motd (use pico if your prefer) enter your password Ammend the file Save And restart terminal Voila HTH :D

Hi all I have just done something foolish !!! :( I was copying my customised .cshrc file from my home directory to root's home when I manged to delete root's home directory rm -rf ~ !!!!!!! I know fully apprecaite the warnings that go with the rm -rf option !!!!! Please...

When using pdisk I get an error saying map not writeable I have 2 OS X partition's One system 25GB one Swap 0.5GB I also having some free space left on my disk both after and before the above partitions (boot partitions) 6 GB Free .5 GB swap 25GB System 6GB Free When using...

Hi again I've now tried eeactly the same again but first trying etheral as normal user and then SU to root and now it works Oh well :)

Hmm I now just tried again If I run ./ethereal as ordinary user it loads the application but won't let me start capturing as device could not be initiated /dev/bpf0 (permission denied) please check you have suficient permissions and the proper interface or pie specified I checked...

Please tell me if I am doing anything wrong 1 I click on XDarwin in the Dock 2 I get a screen up where I can select "Full Screen" or "Rootles" 3 I select Full Screen 4 I then click on Show X11 5 I then have an X-Term window and another shell window in front of me in front of me 6...

Hi Thanks for the reply but ... I just ran ./fink list and ... i system-xfree86 4.1-5 Placeholder package for manually instale... it shows this as already being installed So again I try <B>./ethereal</B> and I get the same message again Am I doing something wrong ????

Hi all I've recently installed Fink on my Mac. Everything going fine until yesterday. I'm trying to use ethereal - now to use the GUI of this application I belive you need some sort of X Window manager. I manged to install all the libraries required to use tethereal but when I try...

I have now found this on the Apple Support Site but it still does not answer my question. There must be a file stored somewhere that contains information regarding the IP Lease and when it expires :( There also must be a command line utility for releasing the IP address??? Is there any...

Hi all I have struggled an awful lot to find out much about how to discover "Lease Obtained" and "Lease Expires" information on MAC OS X. I have scoured the Internet through Google and no-one really seems to know ????? :rolleyes: Where IS the Leasing information contained for an...

Apologies for my poor grammar!!!

Thanks all for the great help. I have now create a /etc/profile file and have edited it as required. Everything seems to be OK with it now :D Is my understanding correct in thinking that the /etc/preofile file is read by ALL users on the system and then all personalisation for each...

Hi All I havent been using OS X long (10.1.5), but I have some experience with Linux. Could someone please tell me where the bash startup scripts are stored on OS X. For example on Linux you had the "universal" file located at /etc/profile for all users and then the personalised scripts...

That is exactly what I wanted Thank you :D :D :D