Quote Originally Posted by mwdowns
I don't really understand what you mean. "Don't try to run it but look at it"...so just look at what I typed? What's that going to do? I don't understand. If I do type "less /var/log/messages" and hit enter, I get the same "Permission denied" message.
Oops, forgot to mention you have to be root, one way of getting it done as root is to append "sudo" to the beninning, like this:
Code:
sudo less /var/log/messages
Less is just a text file viewer, use the arrow keys to scroll up or down and "q" to exit.