Solved: Copying files and permissions

melchizedek · 04-Aug-2005, 10:30 PM #1

Oh for goodness sakes how hard can it be ?

I want to copy a file to the /usr/src folder (I'm trying to install my modem). When I try to drag and drop I get the message "You do not have permissions to write to this folder".

I've tried the text approach using the "cp" command.....with similar results.

How do I get around this?

If anyone has any suggestions, baby language please. I'm so green when it comes to Linux I called my version "tophat" yesterday, instead of "redhat".

What a clown eh?

many thanks chaps......mel

Squashman · 04-Aug-2005, 11:20 PM #2

You need to be logged in as root or use the SU command to become root

melchizedek · 04-Aug-2005, 11:50 PM #3

Gotcha Squashman...and files have been copied.

Much obliged

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