Not the owner of file folders in Jaunty

amat_endura · 10-03-2009, 12:08 PM

Hi All,

I am trying to extract a flash installation file to my mozilla/plugins folder but it keeps telling me that I don't have the correct permission to do this as I am not the owner. As I installed the OS and am the only user of the computer I cant see how this is true!! How do I get around this?

Thanks,
Paul.

repo · 10-03-2009, 12:19 PM

Try to use the sudo command

Code:

sudo whateverfileyouwanttoexecute

When prompted for a password, give the users password

sploot · 10-03-2009, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

Try to use the sudo command

Code:

sudo whateverfileyouwanttoexecute

When prompted for a password, give the users password

This will work if you have sudo priveledges, and have sudo installed. If you don't, then change to the root user and move the file.

Code:

su

then enter the root user password, sometimes the system administrator password. Be sure to log out of root afterwards.

As repo suggested, sudo is a very useful utility, if you don't yet have it installed. I would suggest getting it and configuring it to allow your standard user access to root commands when you type in your password.

Basic howto on configuring sudo

amat_endura · 10-14-2009, 03:37 PM

Sorry its taken me so long to reply!

I've tried the suggestions above and I get

"Authentication failure"

when I type in my login password.

amat_endura · 10-14-2009, 03:53 PM

Ok, I've been trying a bit more and managed to get into the folder (I think) although my original problem was still not fixed! In the end it was easy to get flash to work, I just followed the instructions here (http://foxyurl.com/K13) and here (http://foxyurl.com/K14)

Still plenty to learn!