On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:14:32 PDT
Matt Parnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Again you have to use your administrator privileges
> > and run a command
> > with the pfexec prefix
> >
> > pfexec rm /export/home/matt/.Trash/C00122.JPG
> >
> > See, this is not Windows and here we are strict abo
nevermind --- that helped me figure out what was wrong.
It wasn't the read only embulum --that light gray ... this was a soldid
(glossy) black box with a white padlock in.
Afte rfinding permissions that you led me to i sorted it out
Thanks again.
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Hi
I'm not sure what is getting in the way. I work as "normal" user and files on
Pen drive are never a problem. A "lock" only means that a file attribute is
"read-only" and generally just forcing it will delete it.
If you have a file that you just can't delete, can you provide the following:
l
> Remember, in Unix file names are case sensitive.
> Maybe you wrote
> something wrong.
I made sure i used all the correct cases.
An yeah, I'm sure terminals fine ... it must be somthing in the folders and
files
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> I would love to say that it worked --- but it didn't.
> I typed in exeactly what you said (except changed my username to what it
> actually is) and it said there was no such file. I did loads of things about
> making it easier to track down certain files but they all said they didn;t
> exist -
>
> Again you have to use your administrator privileges
> and run a command
> with the pfexec prefix
>
> pfexec rm /export/home/matt/.Trash/C00122.JPG
>
> See, this is not Windows and here we are strict about
> who can do what... ;-)
>
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Matt Parnell wrote:
> awesome, thanks for the help guys, i've got it sorted.
> I do have one other question, hope you don't mind:
>
> I copied some files from my memory-pen (some were folders), half of these
> folder had this lock in the top corner. I copied the content into new folders
> and de
awesome, thanks for the help guys, i've got it sorted.
I do have one other question, hope you don't mind:
I copied some files from my memory-pen (some were folders), half of these
folder had this lock in the top corner. I copied the content into new folders
and deleted the 'locked' folders, but
Matt Parnell wrote:
> but you see -- i used package manger -- nothing .. it didn't install.
> I went to the OpenOffice website and FAQ and it told me i need to move it to
> a folder .. i tried -but it wouldn't give me access saying i need to have
> admin status!
Can you show us the exact command
On 12 Jun 2008, at 12:11, Matt Parnell wrote:
> but you see -- i used package manger -- nothing .. it didn't install.
You said you "downloaded the *.tar.bz2, extracted -- etc, it wouldn't
let me install it". That's not a description of anything that would
happen if you'd used the package ma
Try to install from the command line (run gnome-terminal) and execute this:
pfexec pkg install openoffice
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but you see -- i used package manger -- nothing .. it didn't install.
I went to the OpenOffice website and FAQ and it told me i need to move it to a
folder .. i tried -but it wouldn't give me access saying i need to have admin
status!
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Mstt Parnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It said i didn't have access to it. I went to users admin, and gave myself
>full stats,
>every check-box checked, after 'ok' ing it all it came up with the same
>message.
No no please, don't do these dirty things.
Maybe
You are over-complicating things, all you need to do is fire up the Package
Manager and install the OpenOffice package, or from the command line you can do
this:
$ pfexec pkg install openoffice
That's it...
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Mstt Parnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm an XP user, and i'm trying to get away from it. I though using
> OpenSolaris would be a good idea.
> I partitioned my harddrive for a multiboot of both XP and OpenSolaris.
> I ordered the LiveCD and after playing aroun
I'm an XP user, and i'm trying to get away from it. I though using OpenSolaris
would be a good idea.
I partitioned my harddrive for a multiboot of both XP and OpenSolaris.
I ordered the LiveCD and after playing around, decided to install it on my new
partition. Going through the installation step
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