Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
On 19/10/11 09:29, ** wrote: I can boot with a live cd (it happens to be Mint because it's all I have immediately available) on a USB stick and of course I am having trouble with file permissions trying to save my /home directory. Unfortunately when I try sudo nautilus however my hard disk is not even visible (and I get a permission denied message) although it is visible without the sudo but without the necessary permissions. I remember somebody saying it's dangerous to do sudo nautilus, but OK to do gksudo nautilus. Can't remember why. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
On 10/19/2011 10:20 AM, Barry Drake wrote: On 19/10/11 09:29, ** wrote: I can boot with a live cd (it happens to be Mint because it's all I have immediately available) on a USB stick and of course I am having trouble with file permissions trying to save my /home directory. Unfortunately when I try sudo nautilus however my hard disk is not even visible (and I get a permission denied message) although it is visible without the sudo but without the necessary permissions. I remember somebody saying it's dangerous to do sudo nautilus, but OK to do gksudo nautilus. Can't remember why. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ Barry, the rational behind using gksudo and not sudo is explained here http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo Hope that reminds you of the reasoning behind it. Regards Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
On 19/10/11 10:28, David Jones wrote: Barry, the rational behind using gksudo and not sudo is explained here http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudoHope that reminds you of the reasoning behind it. Ah - thanks for that - I'd only remembered that 'sudo nautilus' was a 'must not'. It makes a lot of sense now. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
On 19/10/11 09:29, ** wrote: I admit it I was stupid. I was doing an unattended upgrade of my laptop to 11.10 and then stupidly turned off the mains power. Needless to say the upgrade failed about an hour later and I can no longer boot to the hard disk. I can boot with a live cd (it happens to be Mint because it's all I have immediately available) on a USB stick and of course I am having trouble with file permissions trying to save my /home directory. Unfortunately when I try sudo nautilus however my hard disk is not even visible (and I get a permission denied message) although it is visible without the sudo but without the necessary permissions. After other comments here: does gksudo nautilus work? Also - is nautilus still used in Ubuntu 11.10? In a live session - iirc, then in a terminal, just su will raise you to superuser level I think, then , to start (nautilus) just nautilus (??) hth -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
On 19 October 2011 12:02, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 19/10/11 09:29, ** wrote: I admit it I was stupid. I was doing an unattended upgrade of my laptop to 11.10 and then stupidly turned off the mains power. Needless to say the upgrade failed about an hour later and I can no longer boot to the hard disk. I can boot with a live cd (it happens to be Mint because it's all I have immediately available) on a USB stick and of course I am having trouble with file permissions trying to save my /home directory. Unfortunately when I try sudo nautilus however my hard disk is not even visible (and I get a permission denied message) although it is visible without the sudo but without the necessary permissions. After other comments here: does gksudo nautilus work? Also - is nautilus still used in Ubuntu 11.10? In a live session - iirc, then in a terminal, just su will raise you to superuser level I think, then , to start (nautilus) just nautilus (??) hth -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Before you launch nautilus, try mounting the drive first with from the command line or would Gparted do it??? Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
After other comments here: does gksudo nautilus work? YES Also - is nautilus still used in Ubuntu 11.10? YES In a live session - iirc, then in a terminal, just su will raise you to superuser level I think, then , to start (nautilus) just nautilus (??) YES, but that is the same as sudo nautilus which should be avoided as already stated. Regards, Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recovery with live CD
On 19 October 2011 12:08, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote: After other comments here: does gksudo nautilus work? YES Also - is nautilus still used in Ubuntu 11.10? YES In a live session - iirc, then in a terminal, just su will raise you to superuser level I think, then , to start (nautilus) just nautilus (??) YES, but that is the same as sudo nautilus which should be avoided as already stated. Apparently we are not allowed to run nautilus or, for that matter, gedit, via gksudo (or sudo). See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/805682 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/838404 Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
