Re: [cobalt-users] A couple of questions...

[Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ricky,

> First, why is PHP4 so impossible to install onto a Raq2?  I've installed
and
> upgraded various parts of Linux to accomodate it, yet when I get to the
last
> step, loading Apache with the new settings running PHP as CGI, Apache will
> not start at all.  It gives a "floating point exception" error, which I'm

You need to download the older 4.0.3 version of PHP4. It will work without
problems!

> though.  Why can I not login directly as root on anything?  Telnet, FTP,
you
> name it.  I can login as admin or any other username, and then su to get
to
> root, but why should I do that?  Is there a security lockout somewhere?

Yes, sure is. If you want to login directly as root, you need to add the
ttys to the /etc/securetty file. I however cannot not see, why you would
want to do this. Instead use the "su -" command, when logged in as admin.

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/