Gaining access to directory files
 

I'm trying to fix a connection problem in Kubuntu 6.06 and KDE. When I try adding a file to say /dev/ or /usr/ through Konqueror it keeps telling I don't have permission. How would I gain permission while in Konqueror? If I have to use a command line, I know how to become root but how would I add a file to a directory? Thanks.

Using the terminal you can use cp to copy a file or mv to move a file. I'm not sure why you would want to move something to /dev.

Also press Alt+F2 on kde to get the run dialog, then enter kdesu konqueror to run konqueror as root.


Cheers,
vxc

By the way, to make an empty file on the command line you can use the 'touch' command or use the nano text editor to make a new text file. If you need to copy a file from one place to the other, use 'cp' and if you need to move a file use 'mv'.

I just need permission to access any of the directory files. If I open Properties, everything's grayed out. I can't read, write of do anything with them. I just keep getting "Permission denied". I'll try the keyboard shortcut for Konqueror.

Right, you need to be root to change the permissions too. Alt+F2 isn't a shortcut to Konqueror, it just opens the Run dialog. You need to open Konqueror with kdesu so that it runs with root permissions.

Seems even when I do that, the Permissions in the directory files are still greyed out no way for me to work with them.:scratch:

Since you are using Kubuntu, you can do something like

Changing file ownership and permissions is much easier with a terminal. look at "man chown"and "man chmod"