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From: Ali Bahar <ali@internetdog.org>
To: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: r8712u driver for the rtl8192su chip.
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Hi Julian,

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:03:26PM +1000, Julian Calaby wrote:

> >> >root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:30:06 ~$ iwconfig wlan2 essid "h55m"
> >> >Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
> >> > ? ? SET failed on device wlan2 ; Operation not permitted.
> >> >root@hashbang Tue Jun 21 18:30:47 ~$ uname -r
> >
> > How is root unprivileged? The shell-prompt shows the user.
> 
> In general, root prompts have a '#' at the end of the prompt, this one
> has a '$' which is indicative of a non-privileged user.

This box sets it differently. I understand how it could be missed in
my post.

Thanks,
ali