user permissions problems

[Jimmy Wu]

update: I just tried OpenOffice, and that lets me save documents
don't know why that works and gedit won't


On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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