[CentOS] need guidance on getting started...again

Clayton,

On 15 December 2014 @03:02 zulu, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> Top posting is generally discouraged on this list.
>
> [root at mushroom ~]# yum install man-1.6f* man-pages-3.22-*

And logging in as root for everyday tasks is generally discouraged, as well.

Most admins will edit their /etc/sudoers file to give themselves sudo 
access, so they could run

[username at machinename ~]$ sudo yum install man-1.6f* man-pages-3.22-*

(which will then prompt for the user's password, not the root password) instead of logging in as root.

See http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/BecomingRoot

Hope that helps!