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1) I thought of that, but what password does Portage give it (if any)? |
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If you su from root it wont ask for a password! But you'll have to make sure |
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the ftp has a real shell. It may have say /bin/false for security reasons. |
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In the short term changing it to bash is fine. |
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If I change it, will it affect the use of my system at all? |
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> 2) Never used strace. I was under the impression that it was a |
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> debugger, and I don't know enough about programming to be able to |
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> understand that. But looking into it now, it appears it may be used |
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> more simply to give a better idea of what's going on. I'll give it a try. |
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Its mostly unrecognisable to me, but sometimes I find useful information in |
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there, such as a failed attempt to open a file. |
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> 3) I'll have a look at http replicator, thanks. |
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> NP. |