How would you propose to solve it? Change the permissions on files to the person logged in? Add a user account with the matching UID to match those found on the files, then log that user in? Change world permissions on the file, so everyone can access it? I think you can see the silly-ness behind these options.
What your brother doesn't realize, is that when you take files from system to system, OS to OS, you're going to encounter these headaches. It's just the way these things go. What should be expected, is having your brother learn how Linux operates. It's always bothered me that just because Windows dumbed down the computing experience, means everyone else has to too. When Linux starts asking its users to learn a little bit about their operating system, such as files permissions, they throw their arms up in disgust, saying that they aren't a programmer or advanced computer user. While there may be a line to draw on what we should expect from theme, basic file permissions, I think, is well behind that line. -- _ Aaron Toponce ( ) ASCII Ribbon Campaign www.aarontoponce.org X www.asciiribbon.org / \ -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com
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