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If you work mostly in a Mac OS X environment, you may be largely unaware of Unix/Linux conventions in file management.
I have had a failure in Open Office when I tried to save documents ported in a file which was itself in a folder copied onto a flash ram device and ported to my Linux Laptop.
The Error Message made it look like a likely KDE failure. It was not.
You see, a single user on a Mac OS X Box doesn't necessarily "know" he or she is "running as Root". A folder copied and ported has "root" permissions. If you are running as a User on your Linux Machine, as is a good Unix Box habit, the "root" file permissions will deny you permission to save an opened file.
The fix is to
open a Root File Browser window and set permissions to yourself as a
User. Only a Dumb long time Mac Guy like me would be stymied a
whole month by such a silly newbie goof up.
GRIN
--
This human life,
like a butterlamp set out in the wind -
It might last a long time or it might not.
like a butterlamp set out in the wind -
It might last a long time or it might not.
Not letting ego's
hold tighten further,
May I truly practice
the sublime teachings.
Jikdel Yeshe Dorje -
The 2nd Dudjom Rinpoche
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