Revert back to PS3

[Derick Centeno]

Sorry Nicholas:

The trouble is that superuser and the use of sudo require different 
registration procedures within the Linux OS.  This procedure has to do 
with how the Linux/Unix operating system expects users with root access 
to be registered.  The link below discusses this very briefly:

http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2006-October/020738.html

Details regarding the use of superuser and the sudo command can easily 
require a chapter of explanation.  Also it is important to understand 
why the root or superuser or su password needs to be different from the 
your common - every day user identity (for using open office, email or 
chatting or other common user activity). 
Unfortunately, there is never a good time to learn the details.  Here 
are some references which can you go as deep as you need to go:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/

By the way, when you get a message like "this incident will be 
reported".  Don't worry about it as really, you are the system 
administrator to which these reports will go.
After all, you did buy the PS3 and did install YDL 5.  In any case, the 
system is yours.

Consider that when you are logged in as a user, Linux treats you 
differently; it expects you to behave and do certain things, as 
discussed above - it expects you to use applications like open office, 
etc.  T

The purpose of sudo is to allow you access to do system administration 
tasks such as wipe out a hard drive or something like that for a period 
of time say within 5 minutes.  The amount of time at which you are 
allowed to use or have access to system administration level commands 
can change, but that is a different topic.  For now, understand that 
with sudo your user name must be properly placed in the sudoer's file, 
and then whenever you use the sudo command, it will check your name -- 
the registered user name within that sudoer file.  If it doesn't see it 
it records the attempt to use it so that the system administrator sees 
who is attempting to access or use commands restricted to the system 
administrator.  The other nice feature about the sudo command is that 
after that particular command has been executed you are immediately 
dropped back into regular user mode without any further action required.

However, in using the su or superuser command you must use the password 
for the system administrator, use the commands you wish and then exit 
the superuser mode to return to the shell used by the common user.

The information here should be enough to help introduce to the reference 
material you'll need.  Nearly any text discussing Linux System 
Administration and Linux System Programming will also proof useful 
references.

Good Luck... Derick.
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Nicholas Ciontea wrote:
> this now tells me "Nick" is not in sudoers file and this will be reported
>
>
> David Seikel wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:42:41 -0700 Nicholas Ciontea
>> <Nciontea at new.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Yes i have those commands in my menu but it only seems to work while 
>>> logged in Root. Since i try to stay out of Root, this is a hassle to  
>>> log  out  and  log back in to elightenment. Does anyone know how i
>>> can get my "Nick" account to access this boot in the command line. I
>>> have tried console, run command, and the menu tab.
>>> The message states that enlightment was unable to run the application.
>>> THanks NIck
>>>
>>> David Seikel wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> In order to get back into the PS3 boot screen. Turn the PS3 off in
>>>>> stand-by mode. Hold the power button for 10 seconds, you will hear
>>>>> one beep within 4 seconds and another two beeps during the button
>>>>> hold and Viola!, your back in.
>>>>>
>>>>> In YDL 5.0 there is also a menu option from the graphics system to
>>>>> boot into GameOS.  It's in the Applications menu under System I
>>>>> think.
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>> sudo boot-game-os
>>
>> The sudo command will run the boot-game-os command (or any other
>> command) as root.
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