OS X Problems

ast3r3x · November 4, 2002 7:26PM

When I try to go back into a different directory using the ".." command, it says permission denied, EVEN when i login as root.

Can I use a different x-window in OS X?

Is there a way to get a list of current users logged onto my system? And how do i kick somone off if they are logged on?

Thanks in advance

chych · November 4, 2002 7:38PM

I think it's "cd .." not just ".."

spart · November 4, 2002 7:55PM

I have the same problem, and no, .. is a command, although cd .. does work.

Let me guess, you updated to Jag instead of archiving/clean install?

ast3r3x · November 4, 2002 7:59PM

[quote]Originally posted by Spart:

I have the same problem, and no, .. is a command, although cd .. does work.

Let me guess, you updated to Jag instead of archiving/clean install?<hr></blockquote>

of course, why do you ask? loose all my prefs are you crazy?! and i'm notabout to drag over manually

spart · November 4, 2002 8:09PM

[quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x:



of course, why do you ask? loose all my prefs are you crazy?! and i'm notabout to drag over manually<hr></blockquote>

This is exactly why Apple created the archive and install option, but I guess the knowledge of that was wasted on you.

Archive and install will install a new copy of OS X and migrate over your old prefs, documents, etc. It will then move the old sys folder somewhere else so you can copy over whatever the installer didn't catch.

ast3r3x · November 4, 2002 9:09PM

don't have enough room...old G3 HD 6GB, and my 60GB FW can' run OS X to my knowledge

spart · November 4, 2002 9:30PM

I feel your pain...even worse. 4GB drive.

chych · November 4, 2002 9:54PM

Eh, I don't think it is a 10.2 update issue, my DP1250 came with 10.2 and I can't use "..", just "cd .." Heck, ".." doesn't work in XFree86 either, nor bash, nor does it work in DOS

..Maybe I'll run downstairs and see if it works in Solaris...

king chung huang · November 4, 2002 10:15PM

.. is a command alias, not a command by itself. It's defined by

alias .. 'cd ..'

See the stuff in /usr/share/tcsh/examples for details on enabling this in your terminal.

spart · November 4, 2002 10:43PM

It was always enabled before, and the only people I've heard having problems with it are those who did an Update install of Jaguar (bar you, chych.)

chych · November 4, 2002 11:08PM

Geez that was too easy to fix... thanks King...

just added alias .. 'cd ..' to my .cshrc and it works now... I wonder if Jaguar turns it off or something...

ast3r3x · November 5, 2002 6:17AM

haha ok i'm there now how do i run it or look at it...you'll have to forgive me, i'm slowly learning unix...its a quest ya see, i wont be happy till i'm a unix pro

luca · November 5, 2002 8:01AM

[quote]Originally posted by Spart:

I feel your pain...even worse. 4GB drive.<hr></blockquote>

Hah! For quite a few months, I was running from a Wallstreet with a 2 GB drive. Before that, until spring, it was an 8100 with a 1 GB drive. So I got ya beat! It sucked though

Of course, now, I'm kind of beating it to hell by getting a G4 tower with a 40 GB drive and then deciding that 40 GB is too small and getting an 80 GB drive.

chych · November 5, 2002 8:18AM

ast3r3x, this is what I did...

In your home directory, edit the file ".cshrc", or create one if it does not exist using your favorite text editor(I *think* the .cshrc is sort of a startup script for your shell). Just add the line King wrote: alias .. 'cd ..' and save the file, exit the shell, relaunch, should work.

amorph · November 5, 2002 9:48AM

[quote]Originally posted by chych:

Geez that was too easy to fix... thanks King...

just added alias .. 'cd ..' to my .cshrc and it works now... I wonder if Jaguar turns it off or something...<hr></blockquote>

Sort of.

Mac OS X 10.0 and 10.1 shipped with a custom .tshrc. I'm spacing on the guy's name because I haven't had coffee yet, but he was the first UNIX guru to head the Darwin team. 10.2 reverted to a standard .tshrc, so all the funky little aliases and settings "vanished." [edit: It was Wilfredo Sanchez' .tschrc, now archived in the "examples" directory given in a post further down.]

Also, I've never had any trouble booting X from a FireWire drive.

[ 11-23-2002: Message edited by: Amorph ]

ast3r3x · November 5, 2002 4:16PM

you ba$tard...how in the WORLD do you know that?! <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

ast3r3x · November 15, 2002 8:04PM

can somone email me their cshrc because i dont have one, and not really sure what it is supposed to look like, and where to add alias cd ..

and am i putting "alias .. cd .."

-or-

am i putting "alias .. 'cd ..'"

razzfazz · November 15, 2002 8:35PM

[quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x:

can somone email me their cshrc because i dont have one, and not really sure what it is supposed to look like, and where to add alias cd ..

and am i putting "alias .. cd .."

-or-

am i putting "alias .. 'cd ..'"<hr></blockquote>

If you don't have on (it's hidden, so try looking with "ls .cshrc" to make sure it really doesn't exist), just open a terminal window, go to your home directory, and type or copy&paste the following:

[code]

echo alias .. \\'cd ..\\' > .cshrc

</pre><hr></blockquote>

Bye,

RazzFazz

ast3r3x · November 15, 2002 8:45PM

thank you so much...kinda daunting that it says using dumb terminal haha

spart · November 15, 2002 9:15PM

That isn't working for me...still says permission denied. Not getting any kind of feedback after the command either.

ast3r3x · November 15, 2002 9:33PM

[quote]Originally posted by Spart:

That isn't working for me...still says permission denied. Not getting any kind of feedback after the command either.<hr></blockquote>

that worked for me, try sudo (the code he posted)

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