Ownership

morpheus morpheus at post.harvard.edu
Thu Dec 23 21:52:33 UTC 2004


> Why would anyone *need* to use the GUI file browser in root mode? What I 
> meant is that, when you try to use a tool that *requires* root access, 
> it generally asks for the password.
If you try to move/copy/delete files that you don't have permission for,
you just get an error...it doesn't ask for a password.
Still, using cp, mv and rm is safer.
-m




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