As a user, you have only access to our own home directory. A matter of security; it prevents that anyone can mess with your system or other people's home directories. If you do need access to system folders or other people's stuff, then you need to be administrator, that is, use the root password (su -) or, on systems like Ubuntu, sudo.
Last edited by jay73; 02-28-2009 at 06:36 PM.
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