-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Monday 23 February 2004 10:32 am, Christophe Rhein wrote: > I don't get it! > How can I drag and drop files to a folder when I'm user? > For the moment all I can do is write in my home directory. > When I open KDE config panel as root there is no way to move files around. > I think I missed something! > Christophe > ps: what is gksu and kdesu??
You've had good advice on how to move, view, and otherwise manipulate files or directories (what Windows users call "folders") that your user identity would normally be unable to manage. Anything "__su" is an extension that will give your user temporary "Super User" permissions, but only if you know the correct Root password when it's requested by the system. See below for a "second opinion." > > Just as a tip to include: the gksu package allows you to run apps as > > root with a little gui to type in your password like kdesu but it's not > > a kde app. For those who don't use KDE there is a non-kde replacement > > > > :) to install just urpmi gksu. Then you can go to "Run Command" (or > > > > like in icewm, use the command input on the taskbar) and just put > > gksu <programme name>. I just found it myself a few days ago. Before > > that I was using kdesu but it would take forever to come up. Hope > > that's helpful to someone! > > > > Jer. Christophe; If you want to be able to open directories that you don't "own" as a system user follow Anne's excellent advice for starting from a terminal. That method has the advantage of displaying errors and warnings when you do something not understood by the application you want to use. Or try this if you don't feel comfortable at the command line interface (in a terminal): Hold down the Alt button, strike the F2 key. In the Run dialogue that opens type: kdesu -flags <name of application desired> [Enter] or, gksu -flags <name of application desired> [Enter] In both cases you'll need to provide the Root password when the dialogues is displayed. For the -flags open a terminal and type kdesu --help or gksu --help [Enter] An example of the run command I use as the execute command in the "Super User File Manager" icon/link that I've been adding to users' desktops since that function disappeared from Mandrake 9.2: kdesu -nc konqueror Take anything I may say about gksu with a bucket of salt. I never use it, haven't installed it on this system, and am unlikely to have time this week to explore the intricacies. It probably works in a very similar way to kdesu. Since you're using KDE as your desktop (I think that's what you said) stick with kdesu for now. I know that works, unless you've cranked the security level so high there are permissions problems. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586 kernel 2.4.25-0.rc4.1mdk 07:56:29 up 19:01, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.39, 0.26 Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert Heinlein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOhrdZqvqlrLPr5YRAv2YAKClu4yAuMZbvgLn5G/H7x0hlls2AQCfbgwP FrNfH2c4AsSF90elWav1xhs= =wPZP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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