user permissions problems

[Jimmy Wu]

yes the files are owned by me, with read AND write permissions
they are not marked read-only, and yet save is disabled
I can't even save a new document that I create
?!?

On 7/10/07, andy baxter <andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I know this seems obvious, but have you checked that the files you are
> trying to edit are owned by you. I.e. if you do 'ls -l filename', does
> it show jimmywu in the first two columns?
>
> Jimmy Wu 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
> > <mailto: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>
> >     [mailto: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
> >         <mailto:wheelscribe at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu < jimmywu013 at gmail.com
> >         <mailto: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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