mojoopo

i want to install drivers for a wireless adapter but when i try to copy paste files it doessnt let me and i know why... for some reason im not set as the owner is there a way to change it so that my account is the owner?

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chemicalfan

In the terminal, you need to prefix your commands with "sudo", then enter your password when prompted (it won't appear on the screen at all, but it remembers the keys you press)

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mojoopo

i know that but is it possible to do it through the gui instead of typing in the whole command with "sudo" into the terminal
thanks your help is greatly appreciated

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thiussat

What is it you are trying to do exactly? Just copy/paste files? If you are trying to paste a root owned file into your /home directory (or vice versa) it won't work without modifying permissions. The easiest way to overcome this is just to use the command line:

If you are bent on using the GUI to copy and past between root owned and user owned directories, the easiest way is to install a root service menu. Do that by typing:

Then when you right click on a folder you will see "root actions" and it will let you open the folder as root once you type in the password.

(NOTE: You will need to right click on BOTH folders and open them BOTH as root if you want to copy/paste between /home and root owned directories).

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shughard

You can type this :
gksudo nautilus

Or whatever your file manager is with kubuntu.

This will pull up your file manager with root authority. Just be very careful. With Ubuntu and Nautilus you can move files between root and user directories. You can also change the owner ship of files from root to user this way.

This is not as fast as the CLI to me but it will let you do things with a GUI.

Hope this helps

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GodofGrunts

This. Although I don't know what Kubuntu uses for a file manager either.

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thiussat

Dolphin. And on KDE, it would be kdesudo.

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GodofGrunts

Oh thats right. Still wonder why people use KDE.

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Jimi

+1!

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