CLI - How do i open vedio file with real player which is located in root directory?

hulk321 · 12-01-2008, 08:13 AM

path is
/root/limewire/saved

if i try to open it graphically, it doesnt give me permission. how can i open the limewire directory either graphically or by using cli?

irishbitte · 12-01-2008, 08:17 AM

You need root permissions or at least, sudo permissions. Do you have them?

farslayer · 12-01-2008, 08:41 AM

Use the Root user to copy or Move the file into your user directory, after the file is moved, Change the ownership of the file to your user ( chown), then open it with your application.

Personally, I would relocate the limewire directory to another user/location, and not run it as root to begin with.

jkzfixme · 12-01-2008, 09:05 AM

I have to agree with farslayer here , running limewire is bad enough , running it as root is a horrible idea. copy that dir over to a user dir and save yourself the security risk

Regards
JKZfixme

hulk321 · 12-01-2008, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farslayer

Use the Root user to copy or Move the file into your user directory, after the file is moved, Change the ownership of the file to your user ( chown), then open it with your application.

Personally, I would relocate the limewire directory to another user/location, and not run it as root to begin with.

What are the commands for copying, cutting, pasting and moving the file or folders?

farslayer · 12-01-2008, 12:14 PM

~$ mkdir /home/username/limewire
~$ mkdir /home/username/limewire/saved
~$ su -
password:
~# cp /root/limewire/saved/* /home/username/limewire/saved/
~# chown -R username:username /home/username/limewire/saved/

Verify everything exists in the new directory..
~# ls /home/username/limewire/saved/

then remove the limewire folders in roots home folder..

~# pwd
/root/
~# cd ./limewire/saved
~# rm *
~# cd ..
~# rmdir saved
~# cd ..
~# rmdir limewire
~# exit
~$

repeat the appropriate steps for any other directories in/under limewire

You would need to reconfigure limewire to use the new director[y/ies] you created in your user directory. I don't use limewire so I couldn't tell you how to reconfigure it.

alternately you could remove all the limewire stuff under root using the single rm -rf /root/limewire command, but if you mistype that command it could have more severe repercussions to your system.. for instance rm -rf / would attempt to delete every file on your system, including the operating system itself, and would have the ability and rights to do so so I opted for the long form of deletion for you (6 steps instead of 1) in the directions above...

gerben12 · 12-01-2008, 12:45 PM

Or maybe another trick:

If you have multiple partitions, say one data partition try:

mkdir /DATA/LimeWire/Saved
mkdir /DATA/LimeWire/Incomplete
mkdir /DATA/LimeWire/Shared

and then

ln -s /DATA/LimeWire/Saved $HOME/LimeWire/Saved

and the same for the other dirs
Do this for every user using Limewire

Bad thing is of course that any other users can see what you are downloading

but it will make sure all your files go in one place.