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YYaaSSeeRR

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From: Syria

Registered: 2012-09-02

Posts: 53

[SOLVED] problem with permissions.

hi all
I am trying to paste a folder in the path :

/usr/share/themes

but I can't do that at all because of an error about permissions.
I can only paste & copy things in the Filesystem Folders through the terminal when I am in the root mode too.

I have edited the sudoers file but no result.

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
yasser ALL=(ALL) ALL

and it's just the same.

Last edited by YYaaSSeeRR (2012-09-10 16:44:04)

Lennie

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2011-10-12

Posts: 146

Re: [SOLVED] problem with permissions.

That's exactly how it's meant to be. Use sudo, or put your theme in ~/.themes.
Read the wiki about Users and Groups

YYaaSSeeRR

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From: Syria

Registered: 2012-09-02

Posts: 53

Re: [SOLVED] problem with permissions.

That's exactly how it's meant to be. Use sudo, or put your theme in ~/.themes.
Read the wiki about Users and Groups

ok let's just say I don't wanna use the terminal , I wanna move the folder and put it in this path

/usr/share/themes

root

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From: 127.0.0.1

Registered: 2012-04-13

Posts: 297

Re: [SOLVED] problem with permissions.

#3

I remember PCManFM including among its options to open a folder as root (it's been quite a long time since I used it thus you would have to check yourself in order to be sure). If you figure it out in the end that may grant you a visual environment to move the theme folder which seems to be what you are ultimately interested in apparently.

In the end too much of a hassle if you ask me as through terminal this is done pretty smoothly. And if you are the only user #2 made a good point suggesting you the use of the 'local' (home) .themes folder as the result will be ultimately the same.

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YYaaSSeeRR

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From: Syria

Registered: 2012-09-02

Posts: 53

Re: [SOLVED] problem with permissions.

ok guys I had to use the terminal to do that.
I had to copy the folder to the themes' folder through terminal.
cp -a /home/yasser/Downloads/OS /usr/share/themes

thanks a lot for help.