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On Thursday 10 May 2007 16:53, christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Posted by "Berry Christopher" <christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Dear Friends, > This will probably seem low brow to many of you but - When I am working in > Ubuntu in Terminal the following is happening -- when I apt-get etc etc I > am asked for the password which I give and all is well until I cp when I am > told I do not have permission to edit files!!I do not understand this!! How > do I get round this problem as I am being driven silly! I am trying to > install my scanner and unless I can pop the Windows file esfw41.bin into > /etc/sane.d I am done for! Is there a brainbox out there? > Cheers, > Christopher Berry. Use sudo. So the command would be (from the directory where the file is currently) sudo cp esfw41.bin /etc/sane.d Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html