Access Denied
This is a discussion about Access Denied in the Linux Customization Tweaking category; How do I stop getting Access Denied messages when I try to change anything? I have been attempting to change my wallpaper by pasting a jpeg file into /usr/share/wallpapers/. I keep getting Access Denied, can not write to directory.
How do I stop getting "Access Denied" messages when I try to change anything? I have been attempting to change my wallpaper by pasting a jpeg file into /usr/share/wallpapers/. I keep getting "Access Denied, can not write to directory." I tried signing in as root, changing to security level 1, changing permissions. Result: OS crashed, I have to do another complete re-install. I had a similar problem when I was trying to add a new printer driver. Any suggestions?
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...and what distro are you using? What GUI, KDE or Gnome?
OP
I'm using Mandrake 10.1 with KDE. I have downloaded all the updates & bug fixes.
maybe (as root) try:
$ touch > /.forcefsck
$ shutdown -r now
??
(that's from memory - it -is- .forcefsck isn't it?)
isn't there also an lsattr command so you can check for any extended permissions
in /usr/share/wallpapers ?
$ touch > /.forcefsck
$ shutdown -r now
??
(that's from memory - it -is- .forcefsck isn't it?)
isn't there also an lsattr command so you can check for any extended permissions
in /usr/share/wallpapers ?
su
enter root password
chmod -c 777 /usr/share
enter root password
chmod -c 777 /usr/share
OP
danleff,
Thanks for your suggestion. It didn't quite work - I kept getting a "not enough arguments" message. However, after some trial and error I evolved to the following Konsole command: chmod ugoa+rw 777 usr/share/wallpapers. Even with that, I got a strange error message, "No such directory as 777." However, it still worked & I am finally able to write to my file. Thanks again.
Thanks for your suggestion. It didn't quite work - I kept getting a "not enough arguments" message. However, after some trial and error I evolved to the following Konsole command: chmod ugoa+rw 777 usr/share/wallpapers. Even with that, I got a strange error message, "No such directory as 777." However, it still worked & I am finally able to write to my file. Thanks again.
Look at your syntax. I think it should have been;
chmod ugoa+rw /usr/share/wallpapers
No need for 777 when using direct characters to set permissions - chmod thought it was a file.
chmod ugoa+rw <name-of-file>
or;
chmod ugoa+rw <directory>
Also, did you leave off the / before usr?
chmod ugoa+rw /usr/share/wallpapers
No need for 777 when using direct characters to set permissions - chmod thought it was a file.
chmod ugoa+rw <name-of-file>
or;
chmod ugoa+rw <directory>
Also, did you leave off the / before usr?
Can't you also add yourself to the Sudoers list in /etc/sudoers and add the following line at the end (and of course you have to edit this file as root):
<username> ALL=NOPASSWD
This way it won't ever ask you for the root password again, but I think you can also do it for that specific folder or file as well if you are worried about your security:
<username> ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/share/wallpapers/
<username> ALL=NOPASSWD
This way it won't ever ask you for the root password again, but I think you can also do it for that specific folder or file as well if you are worried about your security:
<username> ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/share/wallpapers/
