[NTLUG:Discuss] Really Basic

[Carl Haddick]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 07:39:25AM -0700, Allen Meyers wrote:
> I grew tired of asking questions so I decided on an online organized linux course. Who am I kidding I have more questions now then I did before.
> We are on the linux shell and they are giving comman line codes to put into the terminal to familiarize ones self with command line.
> Example cd / nothing happens
> So got innovative sudo cd / and asked for password hey felt like I was getting somewhere no such command
> So what is it about terminal and command line I do not know. The enter key is the trigger is it not.
> Please advise and thanks
> 
> 
>     Allen Meyers
>   chef11994 at sbcglobal.net
> wortham_tx at yahoo.com
> allenmeyers76693 at gmail.com
> 
> 

You're almost there, Allen - the enter key in general is the trigger
you're looking for.

'sudo' was looking for your password to see if you were authorized to
run 'cd' as the all-powerful user, root.  Those authorizations are in
/etc/sudoers, a file that should be edited with care (visudo is the safe
way).

Seriously, Allen, you're doing fine.  Call me if I can help, or write.

Kudos, too, for digging into Linux.  Just get your sea legs in Linux and
you'll be doing everything you need.

Carl