Difficulty using shell in Ubuntu Linux

[Stephen Barncard]

just a thought - does one have to be 'root' or at least set some 
permissions to use shell?

>I am using Ubuntu Linux (#5.04 - "Hoary Hedgehog")*** with Rev 2.6.1.
>No matter what I try, I cannot get the function/commands "shell", 
>"launch" or "open process" to work. I have checked that the path to 
>the standalone folder for launching is correct (by displaying its 
>files), messing about with the default folder, putting the program 
>path into a Global variable, etc., etc., all to no avail.
>
>Do these commands work in other versions of Linux?
>Is similar failure the experience of other Ubuntu users?
>
>Bob

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stephen barncard
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