user permissions problems
andy baxter
andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Wed Jul 11 00:53:37 UTC 2007
What happens if you open a terminal as you, and then do:
echo "some words" > testfile1.txt
in your home directory ?
If there's a text file you don't mind altering (by adding lines to the
end), you could also try:
echo "some more words" >> filename.txt
With filename.txt changed to whatever the file name is.
This should narrow things down a bit as to whether the problem is with
permissions or with gedit itself.
Also, what are the ownership and permissions for the directory itself?
I.e. what do you get if you do:
ls -l /home/jimmywu ?
andy
Jimmy Wu wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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>>
> > [mailto: 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>
> > <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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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