user permissions problems

[Jimmy Wu]

nope, logging out and back in doesn't fix the problem :(

On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> doing the grep as you said gives:
> adm:x:4:jimmywu,guest
> dialout:x:20:cupsys,jimmywu,guest
> cdrom:x:24:haldaemon,jimmywu,guest
> floppy:x:25:haldaemon,jimmywu,guest
> audio:x:29:jimmywu,guest
> dip:x:30:jimmywu,guest
> video:x:44:jimmywu
> plugdev:x:46:haldaemon,jimmywu,guest
> scanner:x:104:cupsys,hplip,jimmywu,guest
> netdev:x:112:jimmywu
> lpadmin:x:113:jimmywu
> powerdev:x:115:haldaemon,jimmywu
> admin:x:117:jimmywu
> fuse:x:119:jimmywu
> jimmywu:x:1000:jimmywu,root
>
> I am listed under admin:x:117
> I will try logging out and back in after I send this email
>
> @James - launching gedit from the Applications menu won't let me save, nor
> will launching it from the terminal as just plain "gedit".  Only starting
> gedit as sudo (or gksu) lets me save files.
> This is extremely annoying, as I should be able to save files to my own
> home directory while logged on as me, without bothering about sudo root
> privileges
>
> - Jimmy
>
> On 7/10/07, Njoku, George O. <njokug at winthrop.edu> wrote:
> >
> >  I would do a….
> >
> >
> >
> > # grep "username" /etc/group
> >
> >
> >
> > Make sure your "username" is listed in admin group
> >
> >
> >
> > Admin:x::112:"username"
> >
> >
> >
> > Then try login out of X…then log back in
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:
> > ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Wu
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:00 PM
> > *To:* Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> > *Subject:* Re: user permissions problems
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > the permissions for most of the files are rw-r--r--, which means I
> > should be able to edit them
> >
> > oops:) meant to say
> >
> > I don't know why I can't
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/10/07, *ben miller* < wheelscribe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu < jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Can anyone help me solve this mystery?
> > > Gedit won't let me save: It tells me Saving has been disabled by the
> > system
> > > administrator, and the save menu/toolbar options are disabled (grayed
> > out)
> > > However, I am the system administrator on my single-user Ubuntu
> > machine (
> > > 7.04)
> > > Saving does work when I start gedit from the terminal with sudo
> > > I have no idea why this is happening.  I have gone to
> > > System>Administration>Users and Groups, but everything seems normal
> > there
> > > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >
> > Can you use the terminal to set permission for the files in that
> > directory? If  you can do that, does that cure the problem?
> >
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