update: I just tried OpenOffice, and that lets me save documents don't know why that works and gedit won't <div>On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu <<a href="mailto:jimmywu013@gmail.com"> jimmywu013@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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 ?!? <div> <div> On 7/10/07, andy baxter <<a href="mailto:andy@earthsong.free-online.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">andy@earthsong.free-online.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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.* <<a href="mailto:njokug@winthrop.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> njokug@winthrop.edu </a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:njokug@winthrop.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">njokug@winthrop.edu</a>>> 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:* <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <mailto: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>>] *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* < <a href="mailto:wheelscribe@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> wheelscribe@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:wheelscribe@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">wheelscribe@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: > > On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu < <a href="mailto:jimmywu013@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jimmywu013@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:jimmywu013@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">jimmywu013@gmail.com</a>>> 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? > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> > <<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a>> > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div>