On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 9:59 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:01, Anne Wilson wrote: > > A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to > > get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for > > now. > > > > I'm puzzled about his current problem. Obviously a permissions > > problem, but I don't know what questions to ask. Help, anyone? > > > > Anne > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > Subject: arrrgghhh > > Date: Monday 22 Sep 2003 9:25 pm > > From: philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I am using Gnome as my desktop. > > The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager super > > user mode..It did not ask me for my root password, and I can find > > nothing in the directory about gtcam or ownership, it dose > > however open my home folder. Any tips. I will be here a while > > longer hours I think. Its ok my wife is out lol. so no worries > > about divorce lol. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > gtkam (if that's what he's asking about) is chmod 755 root.root on > my box. Perhaps it needs to be chmod'd to 755? However I don't > know what the "it" is that he doesn't own. > > James
James, I'm puzzled why FileManager SUMode didn't ask for the root password. Would this happen if he hadn't created any users? Could that be the real problem? It's trying to know what to ask him that's my problem. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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