On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 14:35 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > Thank you for your quick answer! > > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 14:27, Paul wrote: > > You will probably have to give a little more info.. What version of > > OOo are you using - I'm guessing that your on Linux (distro and > > version required)... > > The device is a memory stick. >
And what are the permissions on the device and are you using OOo from the stick. Sounds as if you have only root write perms for <OOo>/user/backup. Most distros treat a stick as a scsi device. > > > > My first guess would be to disable the 'auto create backup' in the > > tools>options to see if that works. You may also pay to double check > > the 'backup path' to ensure that this is still valid. > > I don't get that error message while saving any document to my hard drive, > and > I didn't get that error message when I saved a new document to the usb > device. > > The files all belong to me, but the usb device belongs to root. > > It's mysterious > > dennis tuchler > > > > > Failing that - is it something to do with permissions (although this > > is unlikely since you can save a new document direct to the USB). > > > > Paul > > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:14:37 -0600, Dennis J. Tuchler > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I try to save a document to a USB device, from which I loaded the > > > document for editing, I always get the error message "could not create a > > > backup copy". I have no trouble saving new documents to the USB device. > > > Nor do I have trouble using the cp command and copying the newer version > > > of the document from my hard drive to the USB device. So, what's the > > > problem (and how do I fix it)? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > dj tuchler > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
