[Ti] must be root to alter routing table

[Greg Markle]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr Trevor J. Hutley [mailto:hutley_tj at jic.edu.sa]
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:22 AM
> To: PowerBook G4 Titanium List
> Subject: [Ti] must be root to alter routing table
> 
> 
> At 14:02 -0500 14/12/03, Wesley Griffin wrote:
> >Here's what you want:
> >
> >route add default xxx.xxx.xxx.x
> >
> >specifying your firewall IP for <router ip>.
> 
> Wesley - so, from Terminal, I typed the above command (but with my 
> firewall IP address, which I have not included for security reasons), 
> and got the message "must be root to alter routing table".
> 
> I clearly need to do something else to identify myself as "root", but 
> I am not sure what it is !
> 
> Could you advise ?  Thanks.  Sorry to trouble you, but I am so close, 
> yet so far.
> 
> regards,  Trevor
> 

You need to be logged in as root to use the command as typed.  You need to type the command "sudo route add default xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" which will then prompt you for your root password and execute the command as if you were logged in as the root user.

Gregory Markle, Color Technician
Kleerdex Company - http://www.kydex.com/