user permissions problems

[andy baxter]

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.* <njokug at winthrop.edu 
> <mailto:njokug at winthrop.edu>> wrote:
>
>     I would do a….
>
>      
>
>     # grep "username" /etc/group
>
>      
>
>     Make sure your "username" is listed in admin group
>
>      
>
>     Admin:x::112:"username"
>
>      
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>     Then try login out of X…then log back in
>
>      
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>      
>
>     George
>
>      
>
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>
>     *From:* ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>     <mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com>] *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
>
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>
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>         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* < wheelscribe at gmail.com
>         <mailto:wheelscribe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         On 7/10/07, Jimmy Wu < jimmywu013 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:jimmywu013 at gmail.com>> 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?
>
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