Permission denied at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 152.

CrinkElite · 11-18-2007, 07:15 AM

magnum@magnum-desktop:~$ ndiswrapper -i tmp/bcmwl5a.inf
couldn't create /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a: Permission denied at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 152.
magnum@magnum-desktop:~$

does anyone know what this means?

thanks in advance.

Nylex · 11-18-2007, 07:38 AM

You need to be root.

CrinkElite · 11-18-2007, 07:41 AM

forgive my ignorance but i don't know what that means, i am the only user on the computer.

Nylex · 11-18-2007, 07:46 AM

root is the "superuser", or administrator account. It has more powers than a regular user account. If you're using Ubuntu, then run the command with "sudo" in front (i.e. "sudo ndiswrapper -i tmp/bcmwl5a.inf") and enter your user password when prompted. For other distros where the root account is enabled, run "su", then enter your root password and then run ndiswrapper.

CrinkElite · 11-18-2007, 06:53 PM

thanks for clearing that up, i thought the $ sign was a sudo substitute
(we all know what thought did)