On Sunday 07 September 2003 04:57 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > Sorry to hijack this thread; I didn't mean to. One more reply and then > I'll start my own:) > > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 03:27, ed tharp wrote: > > [...snip] > > > > > The other thing I was thinking of doing was setting it up so my > > > girlfriend can sign in with her own name and password, so she can use > > > it to play her karaoke and VCD movies etc, and not mess up my desktop > > > and stuff [I don't know why, but every time I come home there's > > > something different...] > > > > sure as heck, why did you not already do it? > > Because I don't [didn't] know how. That's why I wrote: > > > would you mind pointing me to a doc or a URL that explains > > > the levels of users and what they can/can't do, and how to > > > set/adjust access etc? > > Since then I've done a bit of looking around, and I ran Userdrake and > created a new username for my gf. But I expect the new username will > have the same permission levels etc as mine - I didn't see any place to > change or specify them. > > > I ain't sure just where the info you want is, but all kinds of info is > > available in /usr/share/doc. > > Thanks for that. Yes there's a *sheetload* of stuff to read there. > Nothing about users though - there's only 3 files in the Userdrake menu: > the Authors list, the Changelog, and the license. I've heard about some > "howto" files, but I did a search and didn't find any on my system. > > > now if you use the superuser filemangler you should be able to work in > > the GUI as you wish, in KDE; Kmenu, >Applications, >file tools, > > Filemangler Superuser > > Yes this works well - thanks for that:) > > -- > Merlin Zener. Merlin, different permissions can be assigned each user. Open "userdrake" and look at "groups " tab. There permissions are assigned. Please note that each user set up on the comp has their own desktop and files.. they can not access each others unless permissions are set for file sharing and such. You can log off a user and login as a different user and no changes will be made to the user who is not logged in. Not very clear maybe, but you have just about fixed your problem. Make sure your gf has access to the cdrom dvd and can play music cd or files and now you don't have to worry about your stuff getting fubared. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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