Hi all,
I am a noob to Linux, and I am very happy with what I have seen so far. I installed Mandriva spring 2007, and have had a few bump but so far all is well.
Now for my question; I need to find out how to add Directories to Filesystem. When I open Filesystem "right Click" the "add Folder" is greyed out. So I went to "Filesystem properties" clicked on the "permissions" tab
Owner: Unknown
Access: Read only
I tried to change access to "read & write" but an error pops up stating "the perrmissions could not be changed".

can someone please help me past this issue!

Thanks
ZK

It depends on where abouts you are in the directory structure. You can create all the foders you like in your 'Home' directory, by the way you where trying, right click etc, or by using the menu. But outside your home folder you may need 'Root' privileges to create/modify stuff. There are a few ways you can go about this, eg, the GUI (Graphical User Interface) way, the CLI (Command Line Interface) way etc. The way I like to do it is through the GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Right click on your desktop, select, Create New/Link To application, now in the General tab, give it a name in the space provided, (I call mine KingKonq), you can also give it an icon, by clicking and navigating the square to the left (I give mine a big red X). Now under the Application tab, in the Command box, enter kdesu konqueror, click OK. You can also add to the end of the kdesu konqueror command, eg kdesu konqueror / will take you straight to ROOT's home directory, kdesu konqueror /home/jagwah would take me straight to my home directory, etc etc.

Now you will have a shortcut on your desktop, whenever you click that shortcut, it will ask you for your Root password, then it will open up a ROOT instance of konquerer, from there you can add modify till your hearts contenet. Always be aware that you will be operating as Root and it is not a good idea to permanently operate this way. I just use it when needed.

You can also create the directories via the CLI (Command Line Interface), open a terminal, Start Menu/System/Terminals/Konsole type su, enter your Root password, navigate to the directory where you wish to create the new directory, type in mkdir directory name, hit enter. eg, if you wanted to make a directory named stuff, you would type in mkdir stuff

[Edit] To navigate to directories in the CLI (Command Line Interface), in the console you would type, cd path-to-directory/, say if you were in your home directory for example, and you wanted to navigate to your Pictures directory, you would type in cd Pictures/, if you have a sub-directory under Pictures called Icons that you wanted to go to for example, you would type cd Pictures/Icons/

Typing in cd .. will take you to the Parent directory, cd / will take you straight to the Root directory, have a look around at all the various commands you can use while in the CLI, it is a wondrous and powerful thing, however I prefer the GUI

I set up a menu entry to achieve a similar result and added an Application launch button to kicker. Whether you edit the system menu or add a desktop icon, you can select to run as a different user (root).

If you prefer the desktop icon, when you switch to the Application tab as directed in the previous post, enter the following command:Click the Advanced Options button.

In the User section, check mark Run as a different user.

In the Username text entry field enter:Click the OK button to create the desktop icon and close the dialog.

If you prefer an Application launch button in kicker, since KFMSU does not exist in the menu system, you must create it, then add the button to kicker.

To create the new menu entry:

ALT+Click the menu (Mandriva icon).

Select Menu editor in the pop up.

Navigate to the location in the menu tree where you want to add your new entry and highlight it. I chose System > File Tools.

Click the New Item icon in the tool bar (top).

In the New Item dialog, enter a name for the item in the Item Name: text entry field. I used KFMSU here.

Click the OK button to save your entry and close the dialog.

To select an icon for your new item, click the icon selector box (top - right). I chose the KFM icon here. The icon selection dialog opens. When you click on the icon you want, the dialog will close and your icon will be displayed in the icon selector box.

In the Command: text entry field enter:Check mark Run as a different user.

In the Username text entry field enter:Click the Save icon in the tool bar (top) to save the changes to the menu system.

To add an Application launch button to your kicker panel, ALT+Click the panel. In the pop up menu, move the mouse cursor over Add an Application to Panel, then in the sub-menu's, navigate to the application entry you just created and select it.

The application icon will appear in your kicker panel. ALT+Click the icon and select Move Application Name button to move the button to where you want it in the kicker panel.

HTH,