[ubuntu-za] Folder sharing

[Wesley Werner]

>
> Thanks Wesley.
>
> This wasn't quite what was needed, but while looking at things again, they
> worked. What I realised was, that previously, the owner of my Documents (and
> other Home folders) had been shown to be Root. Then when I tried to set the
> permissions, it wouldn't allow me to do so. Strangely, when I tried to set
> the permissions using gksu, it still did not do so. For some reason, the
> system seems to have changed the ownership of the folders back to me
> (primary user), and so I could change the sharing settings today. I'm not
> sure whether to be happy that I've been able to do so, or to be really
> nervous that permissions and ownerships seem to be changing beyond my
> control - this feels a bit too Windowish for my liking.
>
> Robin
>

I can't imagine what might change your home directory owner to root and
back. "gksudo nautilus" opens root's home, perhaps you accidentally checked
the permissions there, and not under your user name? Glad to hear it's
working though.
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