Doing administration tasks without administrative privileges.
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Installing gcc without root?
I'm running OSX, and I don't have root, or an existing compiler. Is there any way I can install gcc?
Are there official or trusted unofficial mach-o binaries that can be downloaded for a certain ...
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votes
1answer
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Fedora16, ekiga just works in superuser mode
I've got a fedora16 running and I'd like to use ekiga as a softphone.
Now I'm running into some problems.
Starting ekiga as a normal user gives me
could not register (globally not acceptable)
...
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vote
1answer
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Virtual Python installation not allowing ez_setup?
I don't have root on my system, so I'm trying to create a virtual Python installation. I ran virtual-python.py, and it told me to run ez_setup.py. I found it online and ran it with the command ...
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votes
0answers
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How should I go about setting up vim-pathogen plug-ins for a group as a user with no root permissions?
I do not have root permission on a linux cluster, but I would like to share my vim-plugins to all other members of a linux group using vim-pathogen. We have a group-accessible folder, so that's where ...
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vote
0answers
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How to create rootfs for user mode linux on Fedora 18?
I want to create a rootfs to be used with a uml kernel and be able to use the internet. I was using febootstrap with packages: bash, coreutils, net-tools, iputils. After using ...
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0answers
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Installing Chrome on 64bit Gentoo without Superuser Access
For a bit of background, I am trying to install Chrome (or Chromium) on to a gentoo user account at my university. We are allowed to install software as we like, however we lack superuser access ...
