Anything outside of home directory usually needs superuser rights, so you should do the copying as superuser. So, never change ownership of the folder. Just copy as superuser.
You can either open nautilus by the way you did: gksudo nautilus And then copy files while in that session. gksudo opens nautilus in superuser mode, so you get the power to change any file. Since you are using the terminal, you might as well use the command cp (copy). Just add sudo before the command. Like this: sudo cp /path/to/your_file /usr/share/SuperCollider/your_file If it is a directory, do: sudo cp -r /path/to/your_dir /usr/share/SupreColider/your_dir On 04/11/2011 08:36 PM, c.c.c. wrote: > as i said i am new to linux, clueless about many things including sudo > BUT i found this guide > http://www.detector-pro.com/2009/05/how-to-enable-copywritedelete.html > so.. > alt+f2 - gksudo nautilus - run, put in my password - go to SuperCollider > folder, right click - properties - permisisons... > but as i said this doesnt work for me, i cant change permisisons that way > all i need is to copy some files to SuperCollider folder > usr/share/SuperCollider > what i am doing wrong here? > > -- > View this message in context: > http://puredyne.466513.n3.nabble.com/puredyne-copy-paste-permissions-tp2806164p2807846.html > Sent from the Puredyne mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne -- ailo --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
