openSUSe10.2 Folder access issues

Saturated · 09-11-2007, 02:49 PM

Alright, openSUSE is apparently very secure, maybe even to a fault. I need to access a file in the /usr/ directory /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins being the path. However, when I go to add files into it, as I need to, it says "You do not have permissions to write to this folder."

How do I get around this and access the folder freely? Its rather irritating. Usually if I get this it asks for a password, I give it and move on. But yeah, no such luck here.

its also the gnome installation

nightshade_1977 · 09-11-2007, 04:00 PM

simply change the folder permissions to allow you R/W access
man chmod for help in setting permissions how you want

Saturated · 09-11-2007, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightshade_1977

simply change the folder permissions to allow you R/W access
man chmod for help in setting permissions how you want

Thanks, its a bit complicated just to get access to my own files but I guess ill need to figure this whole thing out now. No complaining though, looks like itd be fun to learn. Thank you for your response.