Re: [boost] Getting Started Testing with Linux virtual machine on Windows host

Subject: Re: [boost] Getting Started Testing with Linux virtual machine on Windows host
From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-18 17:22:14

On 12/18/2013 10:01 PM, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 17 December 2013 14:33, Beman Dawes wrote:
>>
>> Seems a bit simpler to recommend "sudo mv b2 /usr/bin", although I don't
>> feel strongly about that.
>
> If your docs are specific to Ubuntu then it doesn't really matter, but
> not all distros support "sudo make me a sandwich" out of the box. On
> my Fedora systems I would get this:
>
> $ sudo mv b2 /usr/bin
> [sudo] password for redi:
> Sorry, user redi is not allowed to execute '/bin/mv b2 /usr/bin' as
> root on moria.localdomain.

Are you sure you would have this problem if you run Fedora in a virtual 
machine you created, You would have full root access, wouldn't you?

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Bjørn