writing to /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds...

Colonel Panic · 09-14-2001, 10:40 PM

Greetings!

Whenever I go to add an image to my /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds directory, I get a permission denied message. I try to chmod -w it, by doing this:

$ su
<my root password, you can't have it!>
chmod -w /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds

It seems fine, untill I try to add an image, in which I get a permission denied error. Please help me correct this, as I would like to customize my background. Thanks in advance.

*****Colonel Panic*****

linuxcool · 09-15-2001, 12:32 AM

Try:

chmod u+w /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds

This will give the owner write permission. Change the ' u ' to ' g ' and the group will have write permission. Use ' o ' instead of ' u ' and everyone will have permission. You could also use ' a ' instead of ' u ' and that would give the user, group, and everyone else write permission. BTW, the ' - ' in front of the ' w ' removes the permission to write and a ' + ' gives permission.

Colonel Panic · 09-15-2001, 10:34 PM

Thanks for the reply! I'll do it right away, so I can put some of MY images on the desktop!

*****Colonel Panic*****