On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 04:53, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 9:59 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:01, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to > > > get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for > > > now. > > > > > > I'm puzzled about his current problem. Obviously a permissions > > > problem, but I don't know what questions to ask. Help, anyone? > > > > > > Anne
if he's running at security level 1 then that would explain it right there. James > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > > > Subject: arrrgghhh > > > Date: Monday 22 Sep 2003 9:25 pm > > > From: philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > I am using Gnome as my desktop. > > > The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager super > > > user mode..It did not ask me for my root password, and I can find > > > nothing in the directory about gtcam or ownership, it dose > > > however open my home folder. Any tips. I will be here a while > > > longer hours I think. Its ok my wife is out lol. so no worries > > > about divorce lol. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > gtkam (if that's what he's asking about) is chmod 755 root.root on > > my box. Perhaps it needs to be chmod'd to 755? However I don't > > know what the "it" is that he doesn't own. > > > > James > > James, I'm puzzled why FileManager SUMode didn't ask for the root > password. Would this happen if he hadn't created any users? Could > that be the real problem? It's trying to know what to ask him that's > my problem. > > Anne
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