Request for explanation of error message

[Bret Busby]

On 29/07/2019, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> hi,
> Am Montag, den 29.07.2019, 19:43 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:
>>
>> The computer is running UbuntuMATE 18.04.2 so I assume that the MATE
>> context is what you are asking.
>
> yeah, thats what i wanted to know ...
>
>>
>> >
>> The file manager caja has an option in the File menu; "Open as
>> Administrator", which I have used, I may have used that to change the
>> permissions on two of the extra partitions that I had created at
>> system installation, changing the permissions on the partitions, to
>> allow me, as a user, to write to them.
>
> if the file manager itself offers such an option i'd assume this is
> well tested to not break anythin (well ... beyond what you as a user
> can break when using it in this mode ... we did have issues in the past
> where when people ran something like "sudo nautilus" all session
> related socket files changed to be root.root and only root
> readable/writable for example, it took one release until nautilus got
> fixed in that area ... but again, if the file manager itself offers
> such a feature it should be well tested by the developers)
>
> changing whole partitions for allowing user access is usually something
> you should do via mount options, not with a file manger where you
> potentially rip open quite a few security holes by making *everything*
> user/world writable ... but thats unlikely to be related to the issue,
> just a remark ...
>
>>
>> The GUI file manager caja also shows the presence of a file
>> m.Xauthority .
>
> whats the permissions of this file (should be owned by your user and
> only read/writable by it) ?
>


"
bret at bret-MD34045-2521:~$ ls -l .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 bret bret 62 Jul 29 03:30 .Xauthority
bret at bret-MD34045-2521:~$
"

>>
>> - https://aldi.medion.com/md34045/au/content/ausstattung.php
>>
>
> interesting, i didnt know aldi is active in australia :)
>

A few years, now, I believe.

> (see the next answer to your "ram changed on the 15th" for more ...)
>
> ciao
> 	oli


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Bret Busby
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West Australia
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