This is one of those "Bow before me for I am root" deals. su to root, enter password and then do the install. You will find you need to do this for anything that needs write access to a system directory.
J-L joe puleo wrote: > I have the Quake III game for linux and I'm >trying to install in onto Redmond Linux. at the >install window for the game I get this message; > >Install Path: /usr/local/game/quake3 >Binary Directory: /usr/local/bin > >No write permissions on install directory > > So how do I change the permissions. I know that I >do it under the Properties of a folder. But do I >change ownership, do I mark Write Entries for Group? >What is Set UID or Set GID? > > Joe > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! >http://auctions.yahoo.com >- >-- >rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of >message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ > > - -- rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/
